[into9rod]

Hi the thing is that i have ubuntu on my pc so i installed some drivers for my ATI radeon X300 and for some reason i cant boot now it appears on the screen NO VIDEO SUPPORTED or something like that so i dont know much about linux so i want to uninstall this drivers on the prompt on safe mode can someone help me
thanks

[arochester]

How to recover the GUI from the command prompt in *buntu.

From the command prompt input

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

This will start a text-based wizard. Answer any questions you can. If there are questions you can't then go with the given default answer. If at first you don't succeed than try again. If all else fails choose VESA as the graphics mode - this is lowest common denominator stuff and should work.

How to download and install the correct Nvidia or ATI driver in *buntu

One of the easiest ways is to use Albert Milone's script called "Envy". It is available from here: http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

It works for MANY people but NOT ALL.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi into9rod,

I, too, have an ATI radeon X300 video card. I have never had to install video drivers for Ubuntu (Dapper, Fiesty, Gutsy), and the Live CDs have always just worked with the default video drivers.

I tried installing the optional video drivers with Ultimate Ubuntu 1.4 Live CD (a Fiesty Ubuntu knockoff), but that did not work, so the next and every subsequent time, I deferred on the optional installation of video drivers.

Try optional driver installs in a Live CD environment so you know it works or not before installing onto disk.

-- Tom

[veribaka]

Use:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

if you want to skip most of the questions. I'm pretty sure you can make it work that way as well. When installing video drivers I recommend you use the restricted drivers from your repository. Works everytime for me.

[into9rod]

didnt suceed with sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver -xorg but thank you all , im gonna try again and if i cant im just gonna delete that linux partition (60 gb) that is another issue because i used to do that with the windows xp cd ...that i dont have can i do it with the linux live cd?my plan is 2 delete that and install it again...
by the way i see no questions when i write that command on the prompt ...



NO VIDEOFORMAT SUPPORTED I CANT BOOT ON NORMAL MODE IN LINUX HELP!

[into9rod]

the other thing is that i dont know the name of the package that i installed ...

[arochester]

Make sure there is NO SPACE in xserver-xorg. It isn't xserver (space)-xorg.

[into9rod]

thanks arochester for the reply
the situation is that i already answer all the questions and at the end is telling me that im overwriting some of that options ...