Kubuntu 14.10 Ctrl+Alt+F1 causes screen to go blank

[mikeglaz]

I need to install my Nvidia driver. In order to do that I need to stop X server. Stopping X server
sudo service lightdm stop makes my screen go blank. Trying Ctrl-Alt-F1 first makes my screen go blank as well. All I can do in both scenarios is a hard reboot.

[buzzingrobot]

You should see a blank screen with a prompt in the upper left. Try ctrl-alt-f2, and the rest of the functions keys.

If you're OK with the driver offered by the Driver Manager aka Additional Drivers, you don't need to jump through those hoops.

[mikeglaz]

Found this:



sudo sed -i -e 's/#GRUB_TERMINAL/GRUB_TERMINAL/g' /etc/default/grub
sudo update-grub