Can't boot 14.04

Liam Proven lproven at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 14:05:14 UTC 2016


On 6 November 2016 at 18:03, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> OK, did this but it did not fix the problem.

Shame.

>> If you have an internet connection, you can also do:
>>
>> sudo apt update
>> sudo apt full-upgrade
>
>
> I am always unsure of the results of this command. Does this do the same
> thing as letting the software-updater do an update?

Yes.

> So if I do that I assume I will re-boot to some low res driver and the try
> to install the nvidia driver. But which one .131 or .132 or will the
> installer pick the right one.

It should fall back to the built-in open-source Nouveau driver. This
works fine and is good enough for most uses.

Then I'd suggest waiting until nVidia release a new version of their
proprietary driver, as it sounds like this one is broken!

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