*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 431166 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431166
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 454310] [NEW] karmic upgrade problem: boots to
prompt and keyboard input very sketchy
Hi, not suer if posting this reply correctly, but here goes...
I had the same symptoms. It seems to be related to the Nvidia drivers
having been built for the previous kernel. Booting into the upgraded
karmic doesn't seem to provide the usual prompt regarding graphics drivers.
I worked around the problem by booting into recovery mode, and when the
prompt of choices was presented, I chose to resume normal boot. This
takes one to a text mode normal login session (not root). I then
navigated to a subdirectory of my home directory, where I keep my source
files. I then installed the Nvidia drivers as usual, with the line:
sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.31-pkg1.run
Of course the text would vary for whichever version is applicable.
If one doesn't have a copy of the driver on hand, one could boot into a
live CD session, mount a suitable partition, and download to it.
Otherwise, I suppose it would be possible to edit xorg.conf to use other
drivers.
I can't clearly recall what I had done with my Nvidia drivers in the
past, though I suspect I had removed the Ubuntu package which handles
this automatically, in favour of manually installing the drivers from
nvidia.com. I suspect the upgrade reverts to an ubuntu package to handle
the drivers. I'm no expert though...
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karmic upgrade problem: boots to prompt and keyboard input very sketchy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454310
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