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Can I use a different graphical driver while booting, and the proprietery NVIDIA driver once my computer has started?

I have a bit of a problem in that as I am booting my PC, the boot screen isn't exactly pretty because I am using the proprietary NVIDIA drivers. I am wondering if there is a method to use the VESA ...
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Swapped graphics card, ended with dead system

Where to start.... My OS is Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 AMD64 (no specific reason to get server other than avoiding any preset desktop environment right out of the box). I was having the fun of my lifetime ...
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Why is Ubuntu unable to mount my hard drive when I use Nvidia Discrete graphics?

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T520 with Nvidia Optimus graphics. Optimus is designed to let you switch between discrete and integrated graphics as needed for performance and battery life. The BIOS has ...
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how to setup nouveau driver at boot time in ubuntu 12.04?

I would like add nouveau driver during boot time but I don't know where is the place in ubuntu 12.04 to add modprobe nouveau.
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How activate NVIDIA drivers?

Yesterday I was having a few memory leaks with Compiz, I decided to put this down to the new NVIDIA drivers that I installed. I purged everything with NVIDIA from my system and booted into Ubuntu ...
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Will removing NVIDIA and reverting to NOUVEAU resolve terminally slow operating speed?

I am an ordinary user with no development knowledge/experience I have upgraded to 12.04 from 10.04 which I have successfully used for a few years. I did it in sequence 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 nouveau and plymouth

I've made a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, installed all updates and removed the proprietary Nvidia driver because I prefer Nouveau. Now I don't have Plymouth but only some weird line just few seconds ...