Comment 0 for bug 1078977

After installing the nvidia drivers from the "restricted extras" menu (after adding the correct PPAs) you are given the option to install the Nvidia Proprietary Drivers.

These drivers install successfully, but upon restart, cause LightDM to crash consistently. You are not able to get to the login screen, as LightDM crashes before this happens. However, you can drop to shell and do things like purge the Nvidia drivers from the system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Wed Nov 14 20:36:50 2012
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 amd64 (20121114)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)