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Ubuntu 16.04, fresh install today. I've tried switching to each of the nvidia drivers listed under "Additional Drivers", 367.57, 304.132, 340.98, and also tried the instructions here with adding the graphics-drivers/ppa and tried installing driver 370 which I believe is the latest.

..every time upon restart and getting past grub I get a black screen. Only fix is to reboot and use failsafeX to get back into the desktop to revert back to Nouveau. Are there any nvidia drivers which might work? Or other things to do?

Edit: So with 367.57 if I start Ubuntu with failsafeX the driver does work, it's just under normal boot I can't get as far as the login screen. Not sure exactly what failsafeX does differently to get to the login screen.

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  • Disable Secure Boot in BIOS.
    – Pilot6
    Nov 12, 2016 at 18:08
  • what is your driver's graphic card?
    – Tshilidzi Mudau
    Nov 12, 2016 at 23:20
  • GTX560 is the card
    – Pete
    Nov 12, 2016 at 23:37

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Okay, looks like there is a problem rendering the splash screen stuff which is why I get a black screen. This is the fix I've found (turn all the shinies off).

On the Ubuntu grub entry, edit the Linux line, add nomodeset and also change splash and quiet to nosplash and noquiet.

Instructions here on how to make that permanent. You might find it works with just nomodeset as that link suggests. I'm not sure why I need to change the additional configs too.

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