Computer boots up to command line(probably)

Question

I am very new to Ubuntu. I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 2 days before. I was having a good time on Ubuntu till today when I was installing some nvedia drivers. While they weren't installed (in fact not downloaded), i think it would be the reason for my problems. When I boot, everything is normal except instead of desktop, a black screen appears in which i can write something. There is something else written like "Stopping save kernel messages", "Stopping log initial device creation" (They are many). Sorry for being so basic, but i am quite a beginner. Please help me solve this and restore the beautiful and fast Ubuntu to normal. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This might be happened because of corruption of Ubuntu system files while your nvidia drivers' installation.....

So I suggest you to reinstall Ubuntu and search for latest nvidia drivers which are compatible with Ubuntu...

I hope it may help you.

Answer 2

Find your nvidia card

sudo lshw -class display

Example:

   product: GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] <----------- this is your card
   vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
   physical id: 0
   bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
   version: a1
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
   configuration: driver=nvidia     <----------------- driver
   resources: ...

Run

sudo apt-get remove <driverpackage>

on whatever driver you had installed. If you can't find it, sudo apt-get search for it

Look online for the proper driver for your card and install that, and reboot. You should be back up and running.