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xserver-xorg-video-nv package

11.04 does not boot

Asked by Tom Anderson on 2011-06-03

I upgraded from 10.10 (which worked fine) to 11.04 and now the system does not boot. It hangs with a black screen. I can boot into recovery mode and failsave operation. I have an Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT display card.

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Last query:: 2011-06-03

Last reply:: 2011-06-05

Link existing bug

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-06-03:

Remove the nvidia driver and reboot, then reinstall it (I assume you installed the proprietary driver)

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Tom Anderson (toma95) said on 2011-06-03:

I tried what you suggested ... I booted in recovery mode / failsafe, opened "Additional Drivers" and removed the active video driver. I rebooted and tried to see if it would boot normally - but it hung with a black screen. So then I rebooted again into recovery mode and activated the "version current / recommended" driver. Rebooted again and the boot still hung with a blank screen. I tried this again and just waited .... after 2 minutes of "black screen" the machine did boot into 11.04 with unity. Any suggestions on how I might shorten the 2 minutes to a few seconds as one would expect??

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delance (olivier-delance) said on 2011-06-05:

Have a look at: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/06/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup-workaround/