Ubuntu help required

mmj_uk · 26 Jun 2007 at 17:48

hi,

I just installed Ubuntu and got around to installing the nvidia drivers, the documentation told me to press alt+ctrl and f1 to enter CLI mode, I cant for the life of me figure out how to exit back to desktop and 30mins of googling hasn't helped one bit.

i'm sure it's a very simple answer but finding answers for simple things in linux seems to be like finding a needle in a haystack.

mmj_uk · 26 Jun 2007 at 18:18

np mate i found out eventually, it's alt+f7.

i installed the nvidia driver following the guide perfectly, but get x-server error on startup, going to put windows back on..... ill give it another try next year...

mmj_uk · 26 Jun 2007 at 18:46

yeah i dont have much time to waste, only messing around cos ive had the day off due to floods.

1hr of fannying around v 5 mouse clicks to install a simple video driver, the 5 mouse clicks wins everythime for me, especially when it runs thousands more games.

the install procedure was a lot more user friendly than last year when i tried it at least...

mmj_uk · 27 Jun 2007 at 13:09

Cob said:
Couldn't you have used the Restricted Drivers Manager in System/Admin?

Hi, I tried that first but it got stuck on boot with x-server error still, so then i re-installed the OS and tried nvidia method and pretty much same result as you can see above.

I might give it another try tomorrow, I was impressed by the UI (very clean) and install process (simple) but the install procedure for the nvidia drivers is quite simply ridiculous.

If it was a replacement for windows i would make more of an attempt to learn how to do this stuff, but i'll need to use windows for 99% of games anyway...