No display after removing old Nvidia driver in Ubuntu

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amaarahsan

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I am a new user of Linux. I decided to update my driver because my system (HP Pavilion Dv9646eg) was freezing after wake up on the login window. I followed instructions from the internet. One of which wanted me to type sudo apt-get remove nvidia*. As soon as the Nvidia driver got deleted. My system froze. I turned it off using the power button and now it cannot display anything not even the HP logo that appear when the system powers on. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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stillblue
The command sudo apt-get remove only affects what's installed in Ubuntu and will have no effect whatsoever on your HP logo on startup. It's sounds to me more like a display problem. Have you tried connecting an external screen? Does it cycle through the boot, ie the fan runs the dvd checks for a disk, buttons flash you get the picture. Can you boot from a live ubuntu DVD? Can you get into the BIOS and see if you can disable nvidia and go with only the Intel video?
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The command sudo apt-get remove only affects what's installed in Ubuntu and will have no effect whatsoever on your HP logo on startup. It's sounds to me more like a display problem. Have you tried connecting an external screen? Does it cycle through the boot, ie the fan runs the dvd checks for a disk, buttons flash you get the picture. Can you boot from a live ubuntu DVD? Can you get into the BIOS and see if you can disable nvidia and go with only the Intel video?
 
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