Boot hangs after installing the latest driver from PPA and Ctrl+Alt+F1 keyboard shortcut doesn't work
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I recently installed Ubuntu. Everything was working just fine until I wanted to change the selected driver for my laptop (Lenovo Y50) under the Additional Drivers tab in settings.
I added the ppa: graphics-drivers software source and then I selected the latest available driver. I don't remember the version. Then I proceeded to restart my computer, but now it just gets stuck at a black screen with the message /dev/sda2: clean, 290961/14106624 files, 4246276/56401920 blocks.
I can't use the CTRL + ALT + F1 (or F2...etc) shortcut, literally nothing happens when I try.
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I recently installed Ubuntu. Everything was working just fine until I wanted to change the selected driver for my laptop (Lenovo Y50) under the Additional Drivers tab in settings.
I added the ppa: graphics-drivers software source and then I selected the latest available driver. I don't remember the version. Then I proceeded to restart my computer, but now it just gets stuck at a black screen with the message /dev/sda2: clean, 290961/14106624 files, 4246276/56401920 blocks.
I can't use the CTRL + ALT + F1 (or F2...etc) shortcut, literally nothing happens when I try.
drivers nvidia
edited Apr 1 at 12:53
karel
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asked Apr 8 '17 at 9:16
Jorge Padilla
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The latest driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa is nvidia-graphics-drivers-378.
– karel
Apr 8 '17 at 9:26
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I recently installed Ubuntu. Everything was working just fine until I wanted to change the selected driver for my laptop (Lenovo Y50) under the Additional Drivers tab in settings.
I added the ppa: graphics-drivers software source and then I selected the latest available driver. I don't remember the version. Then I proceeded to restart my computer, but now it just gets stuck at a black screen with the message /dev/sda2: clean, 290961/14106624 files, 4246276/56401920 blocks.
I can't use the CTRL + ALT + F1 (or F2...etc) shortcut, literally nothing happens when I try.
drivers nvidia
edited Apr 1 at 12:53
karel
50.6k11107127
asked Apr 8 '17 at 9:16
Jorge Padilla
204
I recently installed Ubuntu. Everything was working just fine until I wanted to change the selected driver for my laptop (Lenovo Y50) under the Additional Drivers tab in settings.
I added the ppa: graphics-drivers software source and then I selected the latest available driver. I don't remember the version. Then I proceeded to restart my computer, but now it just gets stuck at a black screen with the message /dev/sda2: clean, 290961/14106624 files, 4246276/56401920 blocks.
I can't use the CTRL + ALT + F1 (or F2...etc) shortcut, literally nothing happens when I try.
drivers nvidia
drivers nvidia
edited Apr 1 at 12:53
karel
50.6k11107127
asked Apr 8 '17 at 9:16
Jorge Padilla
204
edited Apr 1 at 12:53
karel
50.6k11107127
asked Apr 8 '17 at 9:16
Jorge Padilla
204
edited Apr 1 at 12:53
karel
50.6k11107127
edited Apr 1 at 12:53
karel
50.6k11107127
edited Apr 1 at 12:53
karel
50.6k11107127
50.6k11107127
asked Apr 8 '17 at 9:16
Jorge Padilla
204
asked Apr 8 '17 at 9:16
Jorge Padilla
204
asked Apr 8 '17 at 9:16
Jorge Padilla
204
204
1
The latest driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa is nvidia-graphics-drivers-378.
– karel
Apr 8 '17 at 9:26
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The latest driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa is nvidia-graphics-drivers-378.
– karel
Apr 8 '17 at 9:26
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The latest driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa is nvidia-graphics-drivers-378.
– karel
Apr 8 '17 at 9:26
The latest driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa is nvidia-graphics-drivers-378.
– karel
Apr 8 '17 at 9:26
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Boot the laptop, and right after the computer manufacturer's splash screen disappears, hold down the left Shift key.
From the first purple GNU GRUB screen select Advanced options for Ubuntu and press Enter. You will then be prompted by a menu that looks something like this:
Press the down arrow key until you select the second entry from the top (the one with the recovery mode in the description) and then press Enter.
Now you should see this menu:
Using the arrow keys scroll down to root and then press Enter.
You should now see a root prompt, something like this:
root@ubuntu:~#At this stage you should have a read-only filesystem. You have to remount it with write permissions:
mount -o rw,remount /Uninstall the Nvidia driver.
apt-get remove nvidia-graphics-drivers-*
add-apt-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt-get update
rebootAfter you reboot the laptop, check if it is running properly. Then open the terminal and run this command to identify the right proprietary graphics driver from the default Ubuntu repositories to install.
ubuntu-drivers devicesThe recommended proprietary graphics driver for your Lenovo Y50 laptop will have the word Recommended after it.
I don't know what version of Ubuntu you are using or what the results of ubuntu-drivers devices will be for your laptop. The latest Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 16.04 is nvidia-375, but even if the recommended graphics driver is nvidia-346 or nvidia-current, it would be OK.
Credit goes to Jorge Castro for steps 2-5.
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
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thanks a lot man, everything worked perfectly. you're the best!
– Jorge Padilla
Apr 8 '17 at 16:44
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
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Boot the laptop, and right after the computer manufacturer's splash screen disappears, hold down the left Shift key.
From the first purple GNU GRUB screen select Advanced options for Ubuntu and press Enter. You will then be prompted by a menu that looks something like this:
Press the down arrow key until you select the second entry from the top (the one with the recovery mode in the description) and then press Enter.
Now you should see this menu:
Using the arrow keys scroll down to root and then press Enter.
You should now see a root prompt, something like this:
root@ubuntu:~#At this stage you should have a read-only filesystem. You have to remount it with write permissions:
mount -o rw,remount /Uninstall the Nvidia driver.
apt-get remove nvidia-graphics-drivers-*
add-apt-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt-get update
rebootAfter you reboot the laptop, check if it is running properly. Then open the terminal and run this command to identify the right proprietary graphics driver from the default Ubuntu repositories to install.
ubuntu-drivers devicesThe recommended proprietary graphics driver for your Lenovo Y50 laptop will have the word Recommended after it.
I don't know what version of Ubuntu you are using or what the results of ubuntu-drivers devices will be for your laptop. The latest Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 16.04 is nvidia-375, but even if the recommended graphics driver is nvidia-346 or nvidia-current, it would be OK.
Credit goes to Jorge Castro for steps 2-5.
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
50.6k11107127
thanks a lot man, everything worked perfectly. you're the best!
– Jorge Padilla
Apr 8 '17 at 16:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Boot the laptop, and right after the computer manufacturer's splash screen disappears, hold down the left Shift key.
From the first purple GNU GRUB screen select Advanced options for Ubuntu and press Enter. You will then be prompted by a menu that looks something like this:
Press the down arrow key until you select the second entry from the top (the one with the recovery mode in the description) and then press Enter.
Now you should see this menu:
Using the arrow keys scroll down to root and then press Enter.
You should now see a root prompt, something like this:
root@ubuntu:~#At this stage you should have a read-only filesystem. You have to remount it with write permissions:
mount -o rw,remount /Uninstall the Nvidia driver.
apt-get remove nvidia-graphics-drivers-*
add-apt-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt-get update
rebootAfter you reboot the laptop, check if it is running properly. Then open the terminal and run this command to identify the right proprietary graphics driver from the default Ubuntu repositories to install.
ubuntu-drivers devicesThe recommended proprietary graphics driver for your Lenovo Y50 laptop will have the word Recommended after it.
I don't know what version of Ubuntu you are using or what the results of ubuntu-drivers devices will be for your laptop. The latest Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 16.04 is nvidia-375, but even if the recommended graphics driver is nvidia-346 or nvidia-current, it would be OK.
Credit goes to Jorge Castro for steps 2-5.
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
50.6k11107127
thanks a lot man, everything worked perfectly. you're the best!
– Jorge Padilla
Apr 8 '17 at 16:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Boot the laptop, and right after the computer manufacturer's splash screen disappears, hold down the left Shift key.
From the first purple GNU GRUB screen select Advanced options for Ubuntu and press Enter. You will then be prompted by a menu that looks something like this:
Press the down arrow key until you select the second entry from the top (the one with the recovery mode in the description) and then press Enter.
Now you should see this menu:
Using the arrow keys scroll down to root and then press Enter.
You should now see a root prompt, something like this:
root@ubuntu:~#At this stage you should have a read-only filesystem. You have to remount it with write permissions:
mount -o rw,remount /Uninstall the Nvidia driver.
apt-get remove nvidia-graphics-drivers-*
add-apt-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt-get update
rebootAfter you reboot the laptop, check if it is running properly. Then open the terminal and run this command to identify the right proprietary graphics driver from the default Ubuntu repositories to install.
ubuntu-drivers devicesThe recommended proprietary graphics driver for your Lenovo Y50 laptop will have the word Recommended after it.
I don't know what version of Ubuntu you are using or what the results of ubuntu-drivers devices will be for your laptop. The latest Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 16.04 is nvidia-375, but even if the recommended graphics driver is nvidia-346 or nvidia-current, it would be OK.
Credit goes to Jorge Castro for steps 2-5.
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
50.6k11107127
Boot the laptop, and right after the computer manufacturer's splash screen disappears, hold down the left Shift key.
From the first purple GNU GRUB screen select Advanced options for Ubuntu and press Enter. You will then be prompted by a menu that looks something like this:
Press the down arrow key until you select the second entry from the top (the one with the recovery mode in the description) and then press Enter.
Now you should see this menu:
Using the arrow keys scroll down to root and then press Enter.
You should now see a root prompt, something like this:
root@ubuntu:~#At this stage you should have a read-only filesystem. You have to remount it with write permissions:
mount -o rw,remount /Uninstall the Nvidia driver.
apt-get remove nvidia-graphics-drivers-*
add-apt-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt-get update
rebootAfter you reboot the laptop, check if it is running properly. Then open the terminal and run this command to identify the right proprietary graphics driver from the default Ubuntu repositories to install.
ubuntu-drivers devicesThe recommended proprietary graphics driver for your Lenovo Y50 laptop will have the word Recommended after it.
I don't know what version of Ubuntu you are using or what the results of ubuntu-drivers devices will be for your laptop. The latest Nvidia driver in Ubuntu 16.04 is nvidia-375, but even if the recommended graphics driver is nvidia-346 or nvidia-current, it would be OK.
Credit goes to Jorge Castro for steps 2-5.
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
50.6k11107127
edited Apr 9 '17 at 22:08
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
50.6k11107127
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
50.6k11107127
answered Apr 8 '17 at 9:32
karel
50.6k11107127
50.6k11107127
thanks a lot man, everything worked perfectly. you're the best!
– Jorge Padilla
Apr 8 '17 at 16:44
add a comment |Â
thanks a lot man, everything worked perfectly. you're the best!
– Jorge Padilla
Apr 8 '17 at 16:44
thanks a lot man, everything worked perfectly. you're the best!
– Jorge Padilla
Apr 8 '17 at 16:44
thanks a lot man, everything worked perfectly. you're the best!
– Jorge Padilla
Apr 8 '17 at 16:44
add a comment |Â
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The latest driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa is nvidia-graphics-drivers-378.
– karel
Apr 8 '17 at 9:26