Stupid Newbie Disaster

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Thomas Kaiser (ubuntu) Wrote: 
> Hello John
> 
> John W Redelfs wrote:
> >     So, now back to your problem. What happens if you start (boot)
> your PC.
> >     Does it try to start X and tell you after that it can't do it and
> your
> >     are back in the command line? 
> > 
> > 
> > Yeah, that is what is happening.
> > 
> >     If so, You just have the wrong nVidia driver for your kernel. I
> had this
> >     several times in the past, because I did some stupied things :-) 
> > 
> > 
> > So if I rm the nVidia stuff, I'll be able to boot back into
> X-windows? 
> > Where do I find the nVidia stuff to remove it?  Maybe I can find it
> with 
> > grep or find or something.  Does the shell default with that stuff in
> 
> > the path?  I'll give it a try and see what happens.  I hope I don't
> dig 
> > myself in deeper. --JWR
> 
> Please, tell me what you did to install the nVidia driver! And send a 
> copy of the xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf).
> ---
> 
> Problem solved. Using the command line I disabled grub. Then my ISO
> image of Breezy Badger was able to boot. Apparently it just needed more
> time to start than my BIOS was giving it before booting grub. And then I
> did a format and reinstalled Breezy Badger. Yeah, I know it was the
> cowards way out, but it was a brand new install in the first place, so
> I didn't really have anything to lose. So now I'm back to zero. And I
> still have to figure out how to install my nVidia driver without
> screwing up my system. I'm sure I'll eventually get it, but it
> shouldn't be such a major project to install a graphics card driver.
> Thanks for all the help. This forum is great.


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jredelfs