New install and Nvidia

[Alvin]

On Thursday 09 June 2011 09:13:40 Mark Fraser wrote:
> I've tried twice in two days to do a new OEM install of Kubuntu 11.04. Both
> times it has failed after I have installed the proprietary Nvidia drivers
> with "Additional Drivers".
> 
> I did an OEM install, rebooted, installed the updates, rebooted and then
> installed the Nvidia drivers. After rebooting again, the splash screen was
> just a series of black/white lines and the KDE splash stopped part way
> through displaying the KDE logo.
> 
> I have searched the Internet and found this on Kubuntu Forums,
> http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3116528.0. Which wasn't
> much help.

What model nvidia card do you have, what version of the drivers did you 
install and what method (jockey-text?) did you use?

Here is the list with reported bugs. Maybe yours is in there.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers