Linux Mint fails to load (No graphics drivers??) (Please help!)
 

Hi Guys,

Really hoping someone can help me here... running Linux Mint 13 KDE on a Sony Vaio Laptop (i7, 512GB SSD, 12gb RAM, NVIDIA GT640M)... decided to upgrade my grade my native linux graphics card drivers for the latest NVIDIA ones which I downloaded from their website. On rebooting after installation Mint booted into a REALLY low res desktop, so I uninstalled the new graphics card drivers and rebooted. However, it seems the uninstallation process has failed to reinstall the original native linux drivers (or has otherwise corrupted something) and I am now left with no graphics card drivers. The result is that the Mint login screen loads ok, but when I enter my password and click enter, it fails to load and kicks me back to the Login screen.

PLEASE HELP! I would REALLY appreciate any advice on how to resolve this!!!!

Many, many thanks in advance...


Adam

The login screen is likely supported by framebuffer graphics. After you log in to your user account, it switches to the regular Xorg setup... When you un-installed the drivers, did you re-install your old drivers?

If not, you'll have to log into a tty console (Alt-Ctrl-F1), kill the x-server (I saw something about a keyboard shortcut of Alt-Prntscrn-K in Mint 13), and sudo apt-get install XXXX (XXXX=whatever driver you intend to install) the proper drivers (maybe noveau drivers to just get back to a GUI, then reinstall the old nVidia drivers however you did it before), followed by doing a reconfigure of those drivers (sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg)... and then re-start the X server (or reboot).

Been a while, so I can't remember, but you might need to modprobe the new drivers when you install them...

Someone familiar with both nVidia and Mint can give you specifics for the commands. I had only one nVidia card until it died (literally just burned out). I stick with (lackluster) Intel for that reason.

Wireless connection?
 

Great, thanks for the help... good to know it is potentially resolvable... tried what you are advising but the console returned a message saying it was unable to locate the package (xserver-xorg-video-noveau)... wondering if I have my wireless connection? If this is not connected by default in the tty console, how do I go about connecting?

Muchas gracias amigo..

Adam

Try;

ifup wlan0

or, if that doesn't work;

ifconfig wlan0 up

If you have problems with those,... it may be more involved...