11.10 stops booting at "Checking battery state ... [OK]"

[searchfgold6789]

Hi,
Whenever I try to start my computer from kernel version 3 (it boots fine with 2.6) Kubuntu stops booting altogether at

Checking battery  state ... [OK]

And I can still get to tty{x}.
Thanks, any suggestions are welcome
- search

EDIT:
Here is the list of solutions people have found for this problem: (BTW you can get to a command prompt by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, no need to call Geeksquad)

1. Posted by me: I had to reinstall my graphics drivers. I just downloaded them from Nvidia.
2. Posted by kinka-dzs: This person just reinstalled the graphics drivers for his GPU using APT. GPU's vary from computer to computer, so you'll have to find out which driver version you need, but their was version 173:

   sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-173

   and reboot.
3. Posted by cidthecoatrack: they had to reinstall not only their graphics drivers but also nvidia-current, because they owned a 64-bit machine.
4. Posted by gbringer: This person had a Radeon graphics chip. They had a seperate issue with downloading graphics drivers to a USB stick but they figured that out.
5. Posted by jhgouveia: This person installed graphics drivers for his SIS Mirange GPU. They had to uninstall them from TTY1 to get their computer to work.
6. Posted by ponsfrilus: They had to remove their /etc/xorg.conf file.
7. Posted by tigeronk2: They had to delete unnecessary files because they were getting this error message from not having enough disk space available.
8. Posted by ArnaudVR: ArnaudVR was using GDM instead of GDM3. They had to run the command

   sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

   select GDM as their default display manager and reboot.

[searchfgold6789]

SOLVED. Reinstalled graphics drivers.

[kinka-dzs]

sorry, could you tell us why? i am trying to reinstall the nvidia drivers, but don't really know how....

[danevans10]

having the same problem, trying this now...

http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-instal...verick-meerkat

[kinka-dzs]

ok got it.

so first step is to jump into a console, ctrl + alt + 1 or whatever

first i tried to run startx and was telling me that there is no nvidia driver so i tried to use the current:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
sudo nvidia-xconfig

tried to reboot, no luck still the same message

so i tried again and i see that is still looking for the nvidia-173 module... why??? anyway so i reinstalled it

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-173


and startx
magically everything worked.



now tring to get the restricted drivers to work and start compiz. Hope it can help.
Btw, can someone tell me how do i configure grub to give me some option before booting? I tried to comment the line /etc/default/grub GRUB_HIDDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 and to set it to 10 but still don't see any grub menu when i start. Thank you...

[kinka-dzs]

cool, everything works fine now, only one doubt, which driver should i use now?

see screenshot

[cidthecoatrack]

Could you explain how to boot into that command prompt? I figure I have to reinstall the nvidia drivers, but it won't boot past that "Checking battery state" message, so I can't get to the desktop by just letting it attempt nto boot, and the screen where it does that doesn't respond to commands (so it's apparently not a command window). How exactly do I get xubuntu to get into the command prompt before trying to load the graphics drivers?

[searchfgold6789]

You can get to a command line by pressing Ctrl, Alt, and F1 all at the same time. The reason this is happening is because the nvidia drivers only are configured to work with previous kernels and you have to reinstall them.

[searchfgold6789]

cool, everything works fine now, only one doubt, which driver should i use now?

see screenshot

If I were you, I would install the second one.

[cidthecoatrack]

You can get to a command line by pressing Ctrl, Alt, and F1 all at the same time. The reason this is happening is because the nvidia drivers only are configured to work with previous kernels and you have to reinstall them.

Thanks, searchfgold6789 - that got everything on the right track. ^_^