Friday, February 3, 2017

drivers - 12.04 LTS and nvidia-current don't work

Recently, an automatic security update upgraded my Nvidia driver to "version current". Upon restart, I have a blank, but otherwise functional logon screen and desktop screen. By that, I mean the screen is black, but you can "use" the computer exactly as if the monitor was turned off. Purging and reinstalling the driver doesn't remedy things.



The video card is a GeForce 9800 GT, which should be supported by the current Nvidia driver. I'd prefer to figure out why they don't work and fix that, but at this point I'd be willing to downgrade to a version I know for sure works, which is no longer offered in the Additional Drivers window.

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