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Stuck at login + nvidia* purged

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 0 down vote favorite This question is popular however I searched and couldn't find a solution that fits unless I missed it somewhere. Please do not downvote before reading. I have nvidia-387 driver installed and my system was working. I wanted to install cuda so I went with nvidia-390. This led to the login loop problem which I did not try to solve with this solution. So I moved back to the nvidia-387 but i was stuck at login. I tried nomodeset and nouveau.modeset=0 but none worked on the latest kernel I was using. nouveau.modeset=0 did work on the 2nd kernel. So I went on and purged nvidia*. Now I am faced with the same problem on both kernels. I am left with one kernel with which I can normally login. How can I fix the other kernel(s) preferably without messing with the working one so I could get back to installing cuda? System: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 Dell XPS 15 9560 with NVIDIA GTX 1050 Additional info On the working kernel, ru...

Ubuntu 16.04 network not connecting

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 0 down vote favorite I am connecting my laptop to a known good port/cable but the wired connection will not connect. This is a brand new fresh install. The card is recognized: schwieb@laptop-svr:~$ dmesg | grep "eth0" [ 1.845548] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) ec:f4:bb:1e:10:e9 [ 1.845550] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection [ 1.845592] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: MAC: 11, PHY: 12, PBA No: FFFFFF-0FF [ 1.846246] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eno1: renamed from eth0 Here is the interfaces file: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback What am I missing? 14.04 ethernet share | improve this question asked Apr 20 at 18:46 Ryan Schwiebert 1 Welcome to Ask Ubuntu SE. Feel free to take the tour at askubuntu.com/Tour that will help you get the most from this site. I see what you posted, but do not see exactly what you...