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I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I followed close instruction on how to install the nvidia drivers. I did sudo apt-get purge nvidia-* then I did 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

Then I did sudo apt-get update. and then sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

I rebooted and everything worked. I should also mention that my grub file has "nomodeset quiet splash' written in it. I started up Nvidia server and made sure Nvidia Graphics was selected. It was also selected in settings/updates and software/additional drivers (364).

Now when I restart, I got the black screen. I then took out nomodeset to see if that would help. I get to the login screen but of course, it keeps coming back to that over and over. Could someone please tell what the working solution for this is? I've gone through 3 installs of Ubuntu: 14.04,15.10 and now 16.04 to see if it would work and for each I get the same problem.

I'm using a Dell i7559 laptop with GTX960M graphics card.

Demian Sims
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  • You should have started with sudo apt-get purge nvidia* (No hyphen) – Steve Roome May 23 '16 at 20:02
  • Many skylake cpu's with nvidia mobile gpu's can't not boot up/log in while on the nvidia drivers. Couple of reports based on my hardware - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1565516 & https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1583148 If affected then currently no workaround, use the intel iGPU or windows 10 – doug May 24 '16 at 15:55
  • So I should just click on what's there already? No installing PPA or any of that? I'll try that. I swear that I tried this already on an older install and ran into the loop login problem. – Demian Sims May 24 '16 at 15:40
  • Do the default graphics drivers not work? the Ubuntu graphics PPA could possibly break your system and you are allowed to keep both halves. – Mr Pixels May 24 '16 at 13:09
  • nvidia-current is a wrong driver for this adapter. – Pilot6 Jun 04 '16 at 06:45

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