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Ubuntu 13.04 hangs on boot

Asked by Mike Hinchman on 2013-05-03

Upgraded 12.10 to 13.04 and now it hangs on boot at a blank purple screen. Selecting Recovery mode and booting with 3.5.0-28-generic boots just fine but 3.8.0-19-generic (the default) does not.
System is homebuilt with ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 motherboard, dual core AMD and 4GB RAM, chipset NVIDIA GeForce 7025/nForce 630a. Dual boot with 64-bit Ubuntu 13.04 and Win XP. Everything worked very well with Ubuntu 12.10 but not with 13.04.

Thank you for your help.

Mike

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Status:: Solved

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Solved by:: actionparsnip

Solved:: 2013-05-03

Last query:: 2013-05-03

Last reply:: 2013-05-03

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2013-05-03:

Did you try uninstalling the nvidia drivers then reinstalling them? It is rare for proprietary video drivers to survive a release change.

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Mike Hinchman (mjheh09) said on 2013-05-03:

I did not. Please tell me how to do so or point me to where I can find
out. I will record this in my Ubuntu how-to file.

Thank you,

Mike

On 05/03/2013 11:06 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #228096 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/228096
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Did you try uninstalling the nvidia drivers then reinstalling them? It
> is rare for proprietary video drivers to survive a release change.
>