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    Question Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    Hello a few weeks ago I made my Ubuntu-server(with GNOME desktop) unbootable after playing with the binary drivers for nvidia(my card is gtx 470). I was able to use it in the past with the proprietary drivers, but somehow I tweaked some settings, tried to install new drivers etc and actually I don't remember much of what I did because I had finals at school so my ubuntu install just remained unbootable like that. All I know is that I can't even boot in recovery mode (command line). I tried to boot with a live cd, chroot into the ubuntu partition and fix the graphics but it didn't work. Can someone help me please? I'm really confused and can't identify the problem

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    Re: Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    From the command line, please try these commands one by one.

    Code:
    sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old
    Code:
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
    Code:
    sudo reboot now
    Remember, all the commands are case sensitive e.g, capital X for X11 in 1st command.

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    Re: Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    As I said before I can't boot even in the command line. Can I write those commands by booting a live cd and then chrooting into my ubuntu partition?

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    Re: Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by sikander3786 View Post
    From the command line, please try these commands one by one.

    Code:
    sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old
    Code:
    sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
    Code:
    sudo reboot now
    Remember, all the commands are case sensitive e.g, capital X for X11 in 1st command.
    Kya baat hai mere bhai, I was about to advise the same thing =)
    It's called a beta release for a reason. Not for noobs

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    Re: Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    Sorry I missed that part of your first post.

    Can you press and hold down Shift key from your Bios screen and see if Grub menu comes up? If yes, recovery mode is the second option there.

    Chroot is another option but the last resort only.

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    Re: Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    I select recovery mode in grub but it freezes after some point I told I can't boot in to command-line

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    Re: Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by TheShader View Post
    I select recovery mode in grub but it freezes after some point I told I can't boot in to command-line
    There should be some error messages. Can you please produce them here?

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    Re: Can't boot up after graphics drivers

    Quote Originally Posted by sikander3786 View Post
    There should be some error messages. Can you please produce them here?
    Sorry for the late reply, yes the error message is this(what I see on the screen after the boot messages):

    Code:
    fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2
    /dev/sdb3: clean, 474992/10379264 files, 15588238/41504000 blocks
    init: udevtrigger main process (551) terminated with status 1
    init: udevtrigger post-stop process (561) terminated with status 1
    I don't get it?

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