Getting into X with 10.10

**The Switch Blade** · June 2nd, 2011

Hi,

I upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 last night.

When I boot, it brings me into the terminal and does not start X automatically. If I type "startx", it gives me an API mismatch error. If I do:

Code:

sudo rmmod nvidia
sudo modprobe nvidia
startx

Then I can get into X. How can I automate this process?

**seawolf167** · June 2nd, 2011

Instead of automating the process right away - I would first try reinstalling the Nvidia proprietary drivers and see if that fixes your issues.

**The Switch Blade** · June 3rd, 2011

I did that previously. I ran

Code:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-*

and installed NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.41.19.run. That's when I got the API mismatch error.

Why does it bring me to the terminal when I load ubuntu?

**seawolf167** · June 3rd, 2011

Here are detailed uninstallation instructions for the Nvidia driver

Does reconfiguring xserver-xorg help?

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

**The Switch Blade** · June 3rd, 2011

No, it didn't work.

I notice that the error I'm getting when I try to startx is a mismatched version. Apparently I just installed version 270-something and the nvidia kernel is using 260-something.