help me ive broken my kubuntu!

[kurupt1]

hi, i recently installed kubuntu 7.10 and had a problem when shutting down/restarting similar to this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=525332

anywho i ended up installing this patch:
http://fwyzard.web.cern.ch/fwyzard/x...0~fw1_i386.deb
from:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/138256

and now when i boot up, it gets to the logon screen, i logon, and then i just get to a blank screen.

how do i go back to the original driver ?

thanks in advance

[Snowhog]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

Truly a blank screen, or do you have a blinking cursor in the upper left corner?

[kurupt1]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

no its completely blank. the screen backlight is on but the screen is blank. no cursors or anything..

edit:

ok i've now managed to get it up and running by changing the driver from 'intel' to 'i810' (ie using the old i810 driver) in the xorg.conf from recovery mode. this driver apparently has less problems with the newer one. but either way id still like to know how i can restore the intel driver to how it was before.

thanks

[cleodux]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

Hi, i also have the same problem, after Kubuntu logo the screen went blank. I mean really blank i am not sure there is a backlight or isn't.

hmm so the problem is the graphic card is it? mm... how to go to recovery mode?

[Beren Camlost]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

Recovery Mode should be an option in your Grub menu.

It sounds like the drivers got messed up somehow. I had a similar case and fixed it by booting into recovery mode, and do:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

This is, ofcourse, if you have a nvidia graphics card.

[MoonRise]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

Alternatively you can reset the entire xorg.conf file from console by:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[cleodux]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

Recovery Mode should be an option in your Grub menu.

It sounds like the drivers got messed up somehow. I had a similar case and fixed it by booting into recovery mode, and do:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

This is, ofcourse, if you have a nvidia graphics card.

Hi but when i type

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

It said the following package will be removed:
NVIDIA-glx-new

It's mean i have already install the same thing right? i really wonder is it because i played with the process table >_< before i shut down previously.

[dibl]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

You need to be careful there!

nvidia-glx-new and nvidia-glx are two different Nvidia drivers. Assuming you have an Nvidia graphics card, you need one or the other, but not both, and you can't casually swap them and expect anything but a black screen.

[Beren Camlost]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

Hi but when i type

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

It said the following package will be removed:
NVIDIA-glx-new

It's mean i have already install the same thing right? i really wonder is it because i played with the process table >_< before i shut down previously.

Yes, as dibl said, these are two different drivers. I am assuming that nvidia-glx-new is the culprit to the problem. Hence, if my assumptions are correct, uninstalling it (by simply installing nvidia-glx and let apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new for you), would correct the issue.

If still unsure, and want to do it the safest way possible:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-glx-new --purge
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

After playing around some with the nvidia drivers myself I found nvidia-glx to be the most stable driver for linux thus far, and they seem to be up-to-date enough to be a viable alternative to the more recent native nvidia drivers.

Also, to make sure to get the most out of the nvidia-glx driver, do the following once you get KDE up and running again:

Go to K-menu -> System Setting -> Monitor & Display, and enter 'Admin Mode' (or whatever the english equivalient is). In the Hardware tab, make sure it looks something like this:

Graphics card: nv
Driver: nvidia

Now, click the 'Configue..' button, select your graphics card and make sure driver is set to Proprietary.

Edit: If the problem persist, try MoonRise' solution:

Alternatively you can reset the entire xorg.conf file from console by:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[cleodux]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

Hi,

I tried to purge the glx-new and install nvidia-glx, then i reboot, but the KDE never start up >_<.

After the Kubuntu Logo, it said

Starting up ...
Loading, please wait...
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by/uuid/411d3099-705b-4669-8f68-50fccd9823f1) = sda5(8.5)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/disk/by/uuid/411d3099-705b-4669-8f68-50fccd9823f1
kinit: no resume image, doing normal boot...

Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop tty1

Desktop login: _

Did i screwed the kinit?

[dibl]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

@cleodux, it would help to know which Nvidia chip you have. However, the 100.14.19 driver works for most of the recent ones.

Boot to the text prompt (recovery mode), log in, and try this:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia*

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

This should bring up first the Nvidia splash screen and then your GUI login.



In case you have an older card, you will need to try again with nvidia-glx.

[cleodux]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

I am sorry for being such an idiot.

My Nvidia driver is quite the old one. it is 6600GT if not wrong.
So i re-install the nvidia-glx again?

and type sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start.

Edit:
It works! i remove nvidia-glx and install nvidia-glx-new, then type kdm start, and it go to GUI mode, and after log in i restart and the kdm start up ^^

Thank you all!

[MoonRise]

Re: help me ive broken my kubuntu!

I am sorry for being such an idiot.

Don't ever feel that way. If you can ask questions and keep plugging away, then that isn't an idiot but one who is learning and isn't afraid to ask. Glad you are back in, that's a good feeling .