- Used Control-Alt-F1 to get an alternate terminal and log in.
- sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
- sudo reboot
Update: Well, this didn't work. Next time I booted, I had the same problem...
My ongoing experiences with Ubuntu, and later Mythbuntu, as a media center with MythTV. I'm also using the system for a virtual machine server, a mediawiki server and a general all around home infrastructure base.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install --reinstall gdm xorg
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get remove nvidia-* sudo apt-get install linux-headers-'uname -r' sudo apt-get install nvidia-current sudo nvidia-xconfig sudo apt-get update echo options nouveau modeset=0 | sudo tee --append /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf echo RUN+="/sbin/modprobe nvidia" | sudo tee --append /etc/udev/rules.d/90-modprobe.rules sudo update-initramfs -u sudo reboot
# lsmod | grep usb usbhid 36882 0 hid 67742 1 usbhid
# modprobe usb_storage WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release. # lsmod | grep usb usb_storage 40172 1 usbhid 36882 0 hid 67742 1 usbhid