I decided to upgrade to 14.10 in the end and that made the problem go away. On 2 Nov 2014 05:30, "Alejandro Dubrovsky" <al...@organicrobot.com> wrote:
> I had the same issue. Turned out to be that the kernel that was actually > running was not the same as the one that was being installed and, > supposedly, the nvidia driver was compiling against. > > Do a 'uname -a' and check to see if you are running what you think you > are running (in my case 3.11.0 vs 3.13.0). Also, an 'lsmod | grep > nvidia' showed nothing on mine. > > Installing linux-generic and a reboot solved the issue for me (ie 'sudo > apt-get install linux-generic') > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373968 > > Title: > GUI does not work after update > > Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > After logging into PC today and running the software updater, various > system updates were downloaded. I was promped to restart, which I did. > At reboot, the system would get as far as displaying the login screen. > After I entered my password, the system appears to hang, with no disk > activity. I have a dual monitor system, but only the left monitor is > active, in that it displays a purple Ubuntu splash screen, without the > login box. I have tried restarting a number of times, but the result > is always the same. I can log in by using the advanced options and > drop into the root console. > > I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS. > uname -a reports 3.11.0-20-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 1 20:40:25 UTC > 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Hardware is a Dell Precision T3400 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1373968/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1373968 Title: GUI does not work after update Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After logging into PC today and running the software updater, various system updates were downloaded. I was promped to restart, which I did. At reboot, the system would get as far as displaying the login screen. After I entered my password, the system appears to hang, with no disk activity. I have a dual monitor system, but only the left monitor is active, in that it displays a purple Ubuntu splash screen, without the login box. I have tried restarting a number of times, but the result is always the same. I can log in by using the advanced options and drop into the root console. I am using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS. uname -a reports 3.11.0-20-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 1 20:40:25 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Hardware is a Dell Precision T3400 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1373968/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
