can't see the whole desktop

[mary]

ok, now these commands?

sudo nvidia-settings --uninstall
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nv
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

have you run those yet ?

[mary]

no I m waiting for you to tell me

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

if you're at a console, and have logged on YES, run those commands .. one line at a time, and in sequence.

Let me know when you've run those.


Here they are again .. for clarity:

sudo nvidia-settings --uninstall
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nv
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

--

[mary]

The output from the first is that this command is invalid for nvidia..

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

just carry on with the next one .. we'll remove xorg.conf before rebooting.

Any other errors .. do what you just did .. ie.stop and tell me what the error was.

if they all finish without error .. do NOT reboot yet .. just let me know.

--

[mary]

the error from the first, was:

invalid commandline please run 'nvidia-settings --help' for usage information

and I run the help, but i can't see all the choices because it shows them so fast and in the end i can't scroll

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, let's do these one at a time .. ignore the first command and run:

sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*

any errors ?

[mary]

It run successfully

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK run

sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nv

any errors ?

[mary]

ok, it says:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package xserver-xorg-video-nv

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Don't worry about that, run:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-common

any errors ?

[mary]

none

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Run:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

any errors ?

[mary]

ok! what's next?