Keyboard, Touchpad and external mouse not working after Nvidia driver uninstallation, xorg reinstallation
I tried to install the Nvidia graphics drivers via System Settings → Software & Updates → Additional Drivers. However got several error messages and ended up with corrupted drivers as it seems.
I rebooted and landed in a login loop, which I fixed by going into Ctrl+Alt+F1 menu, removed all nvidia related drivers via purge nvidia*.
Then reinstalled the xorg stuff with some autoremove I guess and sudo apt-get install lightdm xserver-xorg-core and something else like… xorg-id-19.
I just wanted to use my external screen as second screen and I ended up with this total mess. My idea now was to somehow uninstall all the xorg related stuff and lightdm and reinstall it somehow. However it appears to be rather difficult because I can't use any command as soon as Ubuntu booted.
I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
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I tried to install the Nvidia graphics drivers via System Settings → Software & Updates → Additional Drivers. However got several error messages and ended up with corrupted drivers as it seems.
I rebooted and landed in a login loop, which I fixed by going into Ctrl+Alt+F1 menu, removed all nvidia related drivers via purge nvidia*.
Then reinstalled the xorg stuff with some autoremove I guess and sudo apt-get install lightdm xserver-xorg-core and something else like… xorg-id-19.
I just wanted to use my external screen as second screen and I ended up with this total mess. My idea now was to somehow uninstall all the xorg related stuff and lightdm and reinstall it somehow. However it appears to be rather difficult because I can't use any command as soon as Ubuntu booted.
I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
David Foerster
28.6k1367113
asked Apr 10 '18 at 14:50
GregGreg
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Edit: it does boot to my normal desktop but i can neither use the keyboard nor the mouse (or touchpad). the screen is not just frozen, i can see the wifi signal change the number of bars.
– Greg
Apr 10 '18 at 16:51
1
My mistake. You can boot into text mode to investigate or fix the installation. I recommend that for a start you remove the packagesnvidia*andlightdmand install theubuntu-desktopmeta-package ( togethersudo apt-get install -f ubuntu-desktop lightdm- nvidia*-). You can also reset the X.org configuration by (re-)moving/etc/X11/xorg.conf.
– David Foerster
Apr 10 '18 at 18:18
@DavidFoerster If that becomes an answer, ping me in chat and I'll come back and upvote.
– Fabby
Apr 10 '18 at 19:49
@DavidFoerster when i try to enter the text mode the way it is described in your link, i end up in the BusyBox where i can't use any commands like sudo apt-get install etc.. How can I enter a terminal with established network connection to remove and download the stuff you specified?
– Greg
Apr 11 '18 at 8:10
Did you somehow remove Systemd and replaced it with a different Init daemon while you tried to fix the graphics driver issue? Can you try the “traditional” method instead and addtextto the end of thelinuxcommand in Grub?
– David Foerster
Apr 11 '18 at 9:18
|
show 3 more comments
I tried to install the Nvidia graphics drivers via System Settings → Software & Updates → Additional Drivers. However got several error messages and ended up with corrupted drivers as it seems.
I rebooted and landed in a login loop, which I fixed by going into Ctrl+Alt+F1 menu, removed all nvidia related drivers via purge nvidia*.
Then reinstalled the xorg stuff with some autoremove I guess and sudo apt-get install lightdm xserver-xorg-core and something else like… xorg-id-19.
I just wanted to use my external screen as second screen and I ended up with this total mess. My idea now was to somehow uninstall all the xorg related stuff and lightdm and reinstall it somehow. However it appears to be rather difficult because I can't use any command as soon as Ubuntu booted.
I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
David Foerster
28.6k1367113
asked Apr 10 '18 at 14:50
GregGreg
114
I tried to install the Nvidia graphics drivers via System Settings → Software & Updates → Additional Drivers. However got several error messages and ended up with corrupted drivers as it seems.
I rebooted and landed in a login loop, which I fixed by going into Ctrl+Alt+F1 menu, removed all nvidia related drivers via purge nvidia*.
Then reinstalled the xorg stuff with some autoremove I guess and sudo apt-get install lightdm xserver-xorg-core and something else like… xorg-id-19.
I just wanted to use my external screen as second screen and I ended up with this total mess. My idea now was to somehow uninstall all the xorg related stuff and lightdm and reinstall it somehow. However it appears to be rather difficult because I can't use any command as soon as Ubuntu booted.
I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
drivers nvidia xorg lightdm
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
David Foerster
28.6k1367113
asked Apr 10 '18 at 14:50
GregGreg
114
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
David Foerster
28.6k1367113
asked Apr 10 '18 at 14:50
GregGreg
114
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
David Foerster
28.6k1367113
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
David Foerster
28.6k1367113
edited Apr 10 '18 at 15:50
David Foerster
28.6k1367113
28.6k1367113
asked Apr 10 '18 at 14:50
GregGreg
114
asked Apr 10 '18 at 14:50
GregGreg
114
asked Apr 10 '18 at 14:50
GregGreg
114
114
Edit: it does boot to my normal desktop but i can neither use the keyboard nor the mouse (or touchpad). the screen is not just frozen, i can see the wifi signal change the number of bars.
– Greg
Apr 10 '18 at 16:51
1
My mistake. You can boot into text mode to investigate or fix the installation. I recommend that for a start you remove the packagesnvidia*andlightdmand install theubuntu-desktopmeta-package ( togethersudo apt-get install -f ubuntu-desktop lightdm- nvidia*-). You can also reset the X.org configuration by (re-)moving/etc/X11/xorg.conf.
– David Foerster
Apr 10 '18 at 18:18
@DavidFoerster If that becomes an answer, ping me in chat and I'll come back and upvote.
– Fabby
Apr 10 '18 at 19:49
@DavidFoerster when i try to enter the text mode the way it is described in your link, i end up in the BusyBox where i can't use any commands like sudo apt-get install etc.. How can I enter a terminal with established network connection to remove and download the stuff you specified?
– Greg
Apr 11 '18 at 8:10
Did you somehow remove Systemd and replaced it with a different Init daemon while you tried to fix the graphics driver issue? Can you try the “traditional” method instead and addtextto the end of thelinuxcommand in Grub?
– David Foerster
Apr 11 '18 at 9:18
|
show 3 more comments
Edit: it does boot to my normal desktop but i can neither use the keyboard nor the mouse (or touchpad). the screen is not just frozen, i can see the wifi signal change the number of bars.
– Greg
Apr 10 '18 at 16:51
1
My mistake. You can boot into text mode to investigate or fix the installation. I recommend that for a start you remove the packagesnvidia*andlightdmand install theubuntu-desktopmeta-package ( togethersudo apt-get install -f ubuntu-desktop lightdm- nvidia*-). You can also reset the X.org configuration by (re-)moving/etc/X11/xorg.conf.
– David Foerster
Apr 10 '18 at 18:18
@DavidFoerster If that becomes an answer, ping me in chat and I'll come back and upvote.
– Fabby
Apr 10 '18 at 19:49
@DavidFoerster when i try to enter the text mode the way it is described in your link, i end up in the BusyBox where i can't use any commands like sudo apt-get install etc.. How can I enter a terminal with established network connection to remove and download the stuff you specified?
– Greg
Apr 11 '18 at 8:10
Did you somehow remove Systemd and replaced it with a different Init daemon while you tried to fix the graphics driver issue? Can you try the “traditional” method instead and addtextto the end of thelinuxcommand in Grub?
– David Foerster
Apr 11 '18 at 9:18
Edit: it does boot to my normal desktop but i can neither use the keyboard nor the mouse (or touchpad). the screen is not just frozen, i can see the wifi signal change the number of bars.
– Greg
Apr 10 '18 at 16:51
Edit: it does boot to my normal desktop but i can neither use the keyboard nor the mouse (or touchpad). the screen is not just frozen, i can see the wifi signal change the number of bars.
– Greg
Apr 10 '18 at 16:51
1
1
My mistake. You can boot into text mode to investigate or fix the installation. I recommend that for a start you remove the packages
nvidia* and lightdm and install the ubuntu-desktop meta-package ( together sudo apt-get install -f ubuntu-desktop lightdm- nvidia*-). You can also reset the X.org configuration by (re-)moving /etc/X11/xorg.conf.– David Foerster
Apr 10 '18 at 18:18
My mistake. You can boot into text mode to investigate or fix the installation. I recommend that for a start you remove the packages
nvidia* and lightdm and install the ubuntu-desktop meta-package ( together sudo apt-get install -f ubuntu-desktop lightdm- nvidia*-). You can also reset the X.org configuration by (re-)moving /etc/X11/xorg.conf.– David Foerster
Apr 10 '18 at 18:18
@DavidFoerster If that becomes an answer, ping me in chat and I'll come back and upvote.
– Fabby
Apr 10 '18 at 19:49
@DavidFoerster If that becomes an answer, ping me in chat and I'll come back and upvote.
– Fabby
Apr 10 '18 at 19:49
@DavidFoerster when i try to enter the text mode the way it is described in your link, i end up in the BusyBox where i can't use any commands like sudo apt-get install etc.. How can I enter a terminal with established network connection to remove and download the stuff you specified?
– Greg
Apr 11 '18 at 8:10
@DavidFoerster when i try to enter the text mode the way it is described in your link, i end up in the BusyBox where i can't use any commands like sudo apt-get install etc.. How can I enter a terminal with established network connection to remove and download the stuff you specified?
– Greg
Apr 11 '18 at 8:10
Did you somehow remove Systemd and replaced it with a different Init daemon while you tried to fix the graphics driver issue? Can you try the “traditional” method instead and add
text to the end of the linux command in Grub?– David Foerster
Apr 11 '18 at 9:18
Did you somehow remove Systemd and replaced it with a different Init daemon while you tried to fix the graphics driver issue? Can you try the “traditional” method instead and add
text to the end of the linux command in Grub?– David Foerster
Apr 11 '18 at 9:18
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I also had the same problem. Just reinstall your desktop environment and it'll be solved.
sudo apt-get install <Your Desktop Environment name>
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I also had the same problem. Just reinstall your desktop environment and it'll be solved.
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I also had the same problem. Just reinstall your desktop environment and it'll be solved.
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I also had the same problem. Just reinstall your desktop environment and it'll be solved.
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I also had the same problem. Just reinstall your desktop environment and it'll be solved.
sudo apt-get install <Your Desktop Environment name>
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Edit: it does boot to my normal desktop but i can neither use the keyboard nor the mouse (or touchpad). the screen is not just frozen, i can see the wifi signal change the number of bars.
– Greg
Apr 10 '18 at 16:51
1
My mistake. You can boot into text mode to investigate or fix the installation. I recommend that for a start you remove the packages
nvidia*andlightdmand install theubuntu-desktopmeta-package ( togethersudo apt-get install -f ubuntu-desktop lightdm- nvidia*-). You can also reset the X.org configuration by (re-)moving/etc/X11/xorg.conf.– David Foerster
Apr 10 '18 at 18:18
@DavidFoerster If that becomes an answer, ping me in chat and I'll come back and upvote.
– Fabby
Apr 10 '18 at 19:49
@DavidFoerster when i try to enter the text mode the way it is described in your link, i end up in the BusyBox where i can't use any commands like sudo apt-get install etc.. How can I enter a terminal with established network connection to remove and download the stuff you specified?
– Greg
Apr 11 '18 at 8:10
Did you somehow remove Systemd and replaced it with a different Init daemon while you tried to fix the graphics driver issue? Can you try the “traditional” method instead and add
textto the end of thelinuxcommand in Grub?– David Foerster
Apr 11 '18 at 9:18