Seeing similar in Xubuntu 14.10 with updated 3.16.0-11-generic
I'd removed nvidia prior to reboot and booted with nouveau, following successful boot, reinstalled nvidia.
ii nvidia-331-updates 331.89-0ubuntu
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 1160 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42 Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at e000 [size=128] Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Seeing similar in Xubuntu 14.10 with updated 3.16.0-11-generic
I'd removed nvidia prior to reboot and booted with nouveau, following successful boot, reinstalled nvidia.
ii nvidia-331-updates 331.89-0ubuntu
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 1160
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nouveau