Usually when something like this happens, you'll still be able to do
Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a text-based console where you can log in and fix
things. If you can get there, "sudo apt-get install -f" stands a good
chance of fixing the problem.

Forrest

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Just did the software update . . . which I noticed wanted to give my
> Thinkpad T61 a new nvidia driver . . . and it now boots up to some empty
> screen. How can I boot up to some fallback driver and correct this
> situation?
>
> LB
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