11.04 freezes and I'm in recovery mode

[Chhatoi Pritam Baral]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 06:36, Jon Anderson <jbander at izoom.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the help, I don't know if I'm getting anywere but here's what
> I've learned so far. It still freezes in just regular ubuntu, classic,
> classic with no effects, safe mode,Now  I'm in recovery, then I've chose x
> ,I think, which is just using Ubutu11.04 I believe but coming through the
> recovery mode instead, so far no freezes, it's only been an hour or so. In
> recovery mode I usually pick failsafe graphics and I get a sign saying I'm
> in low graphic mode and then it goes into 11.04 without unity and that
> hasn't frozen yet. I thought in 10.10 that it was my nvidia 6600gt and I
> only could use the nouveau drivers and in reading, this was typical for
> nouveau(couldn't change drivers, noveau always came back) But in 11.04 I
> have control over drivers and I've used 270.41.06 and 73 drivers they still
> freeze. So were in the hell am I?


So we can fairly say it's a graphic issue.

When you are in recovery mode, in failsafe, you can install the
nvidia-current driver. I've heard the 173 driver to be buggy. Hopefully it
will be solved.
Can't help you much there as I don't have an nVidia 6600gt myself.
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