"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ncpjj0$7ug$1...@dont-email.me... > Adam wrote: >> There ought to be a way to just reinstall the graphics subsystem rather >> than >> an all-or-none installation approach. > > Yes you can. Did it for a borked install of the nVidia driver. reference > this: > > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/VideoDriverDetection#Problem:_Need_to_purge_-fglrx>
Thanks, even after doing the following... Problem: Need to purge -fglrx Typically, the following manual commands will properly uninstall -fglrx: sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx* sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorgI still get that dreaded "The system is running in low-graphics mode" error. And, recovery mode failsafeX and Ctrl+Alt+F1 hangs with the following... <more of the same> Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER Initializing built-in extension RECORD Initializing built-in extension DPMS Initializing built-in extension Present Initializing built-in extension DRI3 Initializing built-in extension X-Resource Initializing built-in extension XVideo Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation Initializing built-in extension SELinux Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI Initializing built-in extension DRI2 Loading extension GLX <hangs here> > > -- > Take care, > > Jonathan > ------------------- > LITTLE WORKS STUDIO > http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list