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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

  1. Bug #626918
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 626918

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Ryu Ito (kumaryu-watchtower) wrote :

This is probably not an appropriate place for this but...

Reformatting sounds a bit drastic.

Have you tried booting without xorg.conf file?
In many cases, Xserver can start without xorg.conf file.

 1. At Grub, Cntrl_alt+F1 to enter the terminal.
 2. Log in and goto /etc/X11/: cd /etc/X11/
 3. Rename xorg.conf: mv xorg.conf oldexorg.conf
 4. Restart: sudo shutdown -r now

If it works, it should at least give you a working GUI.
If there are no workign drivers suitable for your GeForce GT 330M, you could try temporary workaround suggested by Voynix here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1569736&highlight=maverick+xorg+173&page=2
It downgrades your Xserver to the Lucid version and allows the use of the old Nvidia drivers. Its not pretty but it worked for me until Nvidia released their new driver.