I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I followed close instruction on how to install the nvidia drivers. I did sudo apt-get purge nvidia-* then I did
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
Then I did sudo apt-get update. and then sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
I rebooted and everything worked. I should also mention that my grub file has "nomodeset quiet splash' written in it. I started up Nvidia server and made sure Nvidia Graphics was selected. It was also selected in settings/updates and software/additional drivers (364).
Now when I restart, I got the black screen. I then took out nomodeset to see if that would help. I get to the login screen but of course, it keeps coming back to that over and over. Could someone please tell what the working solution for this is? I've gone through 3 installs of Ubuntu: 14.04,15.10 and now 16.04 to see if it would work and for each I get the same problem.
I'm using a Dell i7559 laptop with GTX960M graphics card.
