I do regularly update my system (desktop), but only reboot it once every few months. Yesterday I was forced to reboot, and my uptime of 112 days was gone. Upon reboot I ran into the same issue as this ticket describes. Having had my fair share of X11 issues in the past, this issue was non-trivial to fix, and I only managed to do so with the steps ~mlankhorst provided. Somewhat more novice users surely will be at wits end and will probably feel they need to resort to a complete reinstall, or switch to Windows (again) instead.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363675 Title: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: For a couple of days my 14.10 desktop has been broken. It's got an nvidia GeForce GTX 460 and was working up until I got some updates. Now I get a broken display with wrong resolution and no 3d acceleration, so I can't login, making the machine unusable. Here's my xorg.0.log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8197542/ Possibly related to, or duplicate of bug 1363408 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: nvidia-331 331.89-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-11.16-generic 3.16.1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Aug 31 15:47:23 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-02 (971 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120102) SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 SystemImageInfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'system-image-cli' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia.331.hybrid.conf: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1363675/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
