Watch the video first

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7P...ew?usp=sharing

Notice how long it takes to shut down, also how it turns itself back on again?!! I believe this is a problem with the proprietary Nvidia drivers but I'm not sure.

Aside from that, I can't access the boot selection screen? You'll see in the video I press f12 multiple times and nothing happens. I think ubuntu causes it because I've never had that problem before. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

More information will help.

What make/model laptop, what distro/version, and what specs, especially the specs of the video card?

You might take a look in /var/log/messages and/or /var/log/system and see if you find anything useful there. (What exact log files exist on your machine will depend on the distro.)

It's a desktop not a laptop, watch the video on the link please. The specs are on the attached image. I'm not seeing a "messages" inside the log folder nor a "system" (using ubuntu by the way), and how would I know what to look for inside a file like that being a beginner user?

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Hi...

Welcome to the forum

Thank you but we will need more information than what is shown on the boxes. Please open a terminal and post the results from the following command...

Simply copy and paste the command to the terminal and vice versa with the results. If you don't know where the terminal is located. see the information here.

Honestly, for us to be able to help you here, you will need to learn how to do these things. Learning how to use the CLI (or terminal or command line) will be critical if you want to keep using Linux.

Navigating to folders in Ubuntu is similar to how it works in Windows. Here is a short tutorial on a few to access the information frankbell requested.

Regards...

build it from scratch did ya?

what's all of that back ground music ? -

yes i did build it from scratch, and what background music?

I am a newbie, but im not that much of a newbie, i know how to navigate folders lmao. I'm saying there is no "messages" or "system" in the log folder when I look.

results of lspci -nnk:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0c00] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5000]
Kernel driver in use: hsw_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller [8086:0c01] (rev 06)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0412] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:d000]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller [8086:0c0c] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2010]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI [8086:8c31] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5007]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:8c3a] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:1c3a]
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family KT Controller [8086:8c3d] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:1c3a]
Kernel driver in use: serial
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-V [8086:153b] (rev 04)
DeviceName: Onboard LAN
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:e000]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 [8086:8c2d] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5006]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller [8086:8c20] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:a002]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:8c10] (rev d4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 [8086:8c16] (rev d4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 [8086:8c18] (rev d4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 [8086:8c26] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5006]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation H87 Express LPC Controller [8086:8c4a] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5001]
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] [8086:8c02] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:b005]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:8c22] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:5001]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 770] [10de:1184] (rev a1)
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:2770]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 HDMI Audio Controller [10de:0e0a] (rev a1)
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:2770]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:e000]
Kernel driver in use: alx
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 [8086:0887] (rev c4)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 BGN [8086:4062]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi

I think pressing and holding the shift key during boot will give you the boot selection screen.
What Ubuntu version?

This may be relevant: http://askubuntu.com/questions/18285...lection-screen

GeForce GTX 770
Use Restricted Drivers if you suspect the vidcard.

exactly!

if you're going to make us watch a dramatic movie at least put some dramatic music in the background...

I don;t understand what the problem is .. it looked like it booted. then you just slapped the space bar like crazy then I seen a screen then end of the move without any credits even..

R U trying to get into your BIOS?

what make / model is your board, google it...

I slapped the f12* and del* buttons to attempt to get the bios screen up but neither worked. And the make/model is in the picture I attached earlier

For gigabyte motherboards? But I game alot so I need to use proprietary drivers (((

Also, when I log out, my screen goes blank and I can't do anything, I need to restart the computer. Meaning e.g. if I wanted to log out and switch from unity to gnome shell I'd just get a black screen after logging out.

Also it is a UEFI board so that makes it different somehow?

output you post says a gigabyte, it may boot so fast that you'll need to try a dead start, because it looked for a long time to do a reboot. turn off , turn on then immediately press and hold down the key that is needed to get into Bios...

Google says.. you said
don't slap press and hold immediately after you turn on your computer.

if you get in look around and see if you have option to change to BIO's boot, good to know~