boot - After Nvidia driver install, LightDM won't start automatically

I did a clean install and after installing updates and drivers (Nvidia VGA) for a 460GTX, I'm shown a black screen with various Stopping/Starting messages. The last of these messages is different (this time it's "Stopping save kernel messages") every time I try and boot up the system. Logging into tty1 and doing sudo startx or start lightdm works. Nvidia drivers seem to be working.

Some things I've tried or noticed.

• Problem seems to start after installing Nvidia drivers.


• cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager spits out /usr/sbin/lightdm.


• sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm gives me DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME and PACKAGE missing.


• Also restored lightdm settings and reinstalled it.