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I had Ubuntu 3.0.23 and installed manually the nVidia drivers 2 months ago. Now took the accumulated updates 3.0.26 and can't boot anymore. After the GRUB menu I get a black screen and a cursor. Is there a way to get into the system and remove the nVidia driver?. I have tried booting with both kernels and also the recovery mode but doesn't work.
SkyWalker
Posted 2012-10-08T20:52:05.297
Reputation: 143
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How do I boot into single user mode from GRUB?
Select (highlight) the GRUB boot menu entry you wish to use.
Press e to edit the GRUB boot commands for the selected boot menu entry.
Look near the bottom of the list of commands for lines similar to
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=bc6f8146-1523-46a6-8b6a-64b819ccf2b7 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-genericChange the middle line in (3) by adding the kernel boot parameter single to the end of the line (i.e. after ro quiet splash). For this example you would change
6a-64b819ccf2b7 ro quiet splashto
6a-64b819ccf2b7 ro quiet splash singlePress either Ctrl+X or F10 to boot using these kernel options.
Wug
Posted 2012-10-08T20:52:05.297
Reputation: 128
Thanks! I tried this and doesn't work. I still get the same black screen and cursor. – None – 2012-10-08T21:14:05.450
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Following the details on this page I gained access to the broken Ubuntu installation and executing the following fixed the issue. After that I took out the LiveCD and rebooted and then I could login normally. I finally reinstalled the latest nVidia driver.
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia
SkyWalker
Posted 2012-10-08T20:52:05.297
Reputation: 143
looks like the link is broken> :( What a shame – nabulator – 2017-06-30T07:56:20.620
Is there another OS you can boot using the driver/device (is it onboard or discrete)? – None – 2012-10-08T20:54:50.493
no, I have one drive dedicated to Ubuntu ... can't boot with none of the available kernels. Is there a command in grub I can run to login in "safe-mode" or anything alike? – None – 2012-10-08T20:55:55.360