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NIVIDIA freezes my screen

VAIO-Zorin

Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:34:29 am

"Houston, I have a problem!" I installed Zorin on a laptop. In 'Apps and updates - additional driver' it was proposed to use the NIVIDIA driver. That was obviusly a mistake!
Now there is something strange with my screen. I see the menu just for a second when I boot Zorin and then I have just the background image, not menu - but at least the mouse moves.
When I login again, I have the menu for a second, but I can't select or enter anything.

Does anyone have a idea how to go back to this setup part and change it back? Grrrrr!

Swarfendor437

Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:02:17 pm

Boot into GRUB by holding Left shift key at boot time, then choose the Advanced Options to boot to 'safe mode' - once in, go to 'additional drivers' and select 'nouveau'. ;) :D