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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #561049
  2. Comment #48

Comment 48 for bug 561049

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TJ (tj) wrote : Re: [Bug 561049] Re: after upgrade to lucid, xorg frequently fails to start properly using nvidia-current

On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 21:24 +0000, bcrowell wrote:
> How do I get into recovery mode? Googling tells me to hit escape when
> prompted to do so by GRUB. I don't get any messages from GRUB displayed
> on my screen. I get BIOS messages, then the screen stays black for a
> long time, and then I get the purple gdm screen.

Hold down the Shift key when BIOS loads GRUB. GRUB will detect the shift
key and display the menu.