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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Ubuntu crash after kernel or Nvidia proprietary drivers updates

How to restore Ubuntu if it crashes after kernel or Nvidia drivers updates

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T (or Ctrl+Alt+F1) to run terminal
  2. Install linux kernel source and headers
    sudo apt-get install linux-source
    sudo apt-get install linux-headers-<kernel version>-generic
  3. Remove Nvidia drivers
    sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current
    or
    sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current-updates
    or
    sudo apt-get remove nvidia-experimental-<version>
  4. Reinstall Nvidia drivers
    sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates
  5. Reboot
    sudo -r now