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Ubuntu 13 after rebooting I get a black screen with an X cursor without any access to terminals I think. I don't know how to fix or even start fixing this.

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From comment: "i tried to do the ctrl alt f2 to access terminal but i just can't log in, i my to enter my user name ang password but it still goes to the black screen with the X cursor. I don't actually manage to input the username and password, it just suddenly goes to the black screen after 1 or 2 seconds."

Looks like lightdm is stuck in an endless loop and keep switching back to VT7. Please press ALT+PrtSc+E which will terminate all running processes. After that switch to a virtual console just like Danilo said and try the commands he wrote.

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Thanks! I did that and did what Danilo said but it didn't work. I decided to google and purge nvidia-current and it worked! I forgot I installed nvidia-current a night ago and didn't reboot. Will trying to install nvidia again break my installation again? – Gene Sy Dec 19 '13 at 11:52
    
@gnsy I can't tell, you have to try it. Did you use the proprietary drivers before and it was working and just upgraded to a newer version? Or until that time you used the free nouveau driver and tried to replace it with the proprietary one? – falconer Dec 19 '13 at 11:59
    
Yeah, I updated nvidia-current again and it got broken again. Purged it again and it's back to normal. I guess i'll just have to not install nvidia for a while. – Gene Sy Dec 19 '13 at 12:34
    
@gnsy But the driver which is working for you is an older proprietary nvidia driver? Or the free nouveau driver? Which one is working? If the latter is the case then try booting with the nomodeset kernel parameter. – falconer Dec 19 '13 at 12:46
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When rebooting hit esc to see if ubuntu is loading files, if yes,then hit ctrl+alt+f2 to open terminal. Put your login and password. And try to re-install unity

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get install unity

worked for me once

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i tried to do the ctrl alt f2 to access terminal but i just can't log in, i my to enter my user name ang password but it still goes to the black screen with the X cursor. I don't actually manage to input the username and password, it just suddenly goes to the black screen after 1 or 2 seconds. – Gene Sy Dec 19 '13 at 8:51
    
this command you can do even before ubunto fully loads to wellcome screen. did you try that? – Danilo Dec 19 '13 at 9:14
    
I'm spamming ctrl alt f2 while booting up. I get to see the commandline for less than 2 seconds then it just boots itself up to the black screen with X cursor. It doesn't even give me a chance to log in. Is there a way I can use my ubuntu 13.10 CD to fix this? – Gene Sy Dec 19 '13 at 11:12
    
there is an option to reinstall without loosing your files but some times you loose you configuration and installed packages – Danilo Dec 20 '13 at 5:57

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