HELP! I killed the gibbon

[scientist1971]

was using ubuntu and decided to change the graphics driver (thought it would then enable me to run a game I have been having problems with)
REALLY bad idea
after a restart nothing - ubuntu would not load up at all
after a memory check I now get the ubuntu logo then the terminal asking me to log in
after I have done that nothing...
just get the terminal message asking for input i.e.
name@name-laptop:~$_

I have absolutely no idea what to type here to get ubuntu started again

[Michael.Godawski]

how did you install the new driver? What is your graphic card?

You can try to reconfigure the xserver with

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh

[scientist1971]

through the sound settings in the admin menu
cannot tell you what the card is I am using xp in japanese and the owner of the computer does not know how to find this info in xp and my japanese is too limited

[Joeb454]

What happens if you log in then type

startx

[scientist1971]

startx will try that

when I tried:

root@name-laptop:~# sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg - phigh

I got:

xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly - customised configuration file:back up in/etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080429183553

then:

name@name-laptop:~$

but did not know what to do next....

[scientist1971]

I restarted to try startx but ubuntu started normally anyway
michael thanks a lot for your help
and cheers for your suggestion too joeb
however all the symbols on my keyboard are mixed up!
dont suppose you know anything about that too guys?

[billgoldberg]

I restarted to try startx but ubuntu started normally anyway
michael thanks a lot for your help
and cheers for your suggestion too joeb
however all the symbols on my keyboard are mixed up!
dont suppose you know anything about that too guys?

Try the keyboard language settings in:

system -> preference -> keyboard