10.10 with Nvidia 6150 now has a blank screen after install by forcing nomodeset

[elucid_one]

I'm installing 10.10 on a desktop with Nvidia 6150 that needs nomodeset on boot or i get the blank screen upon boot. I had to force the live CD to nomodeset when booting from the CD. I was finally able to install, but upon the first boot from the hard drive I'm getting the blank screen again. How do I boot with nomodeset and get to my installed ubuntu. Once I get there i can edit my grub settings. Just need to get past the first hurdle!

[elucid_one]

Can anyone help with this?

[tommcd]

When you boot up the computer and see the grub2 menu, use the arrow keys to select to boot Ubuntu (it should be the first choice in the list anyway). Hit "e" to edit. Scroll down to the linux line and hit "e"again. At the end of the kernel line (use the arrow keys to get the cursor to the end of the line), replace the quiet splash with nomodeset. Then hit ctrl + x to boot with the nomodeset option.
This will not make any permanent changes to the grub menu. After you boot Ubuntu, edit the /etc/default/grub file and add nomodeset in between the quotes to the
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= line (just add the line if it does not exist already).
Then save the file and run
sudo update-grub and this will update your /boot/grub/grub.cfg file to add the nomodeset option to the grub2 menu when you boot the computer.
You should also consider installing the proprietary nvidia driver from the Ubuntu repos. First try installing nvidia-current. If that does not work, the remove that and install nvidia-173.
See this tutorial on grub2: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
Write back if you need more help.

[rob.gilbert]

maybe try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Nvidia