As the title states, my Lubuntu 13.10 install isn't working quite right currently. I installed everything just fine and was just getting comfortable with my setup. A few of the games I play were having graphics issues, so I was trying to fix that and in turn, broke everything.
When I boot, after I choose Lubuntu, all I get is a flashing horizontal cursor in the top left of my screen. I can switch to terminal mode via Ctrl + Alt + F1 and work from there, but that's it. This began after I installed a package from the command line (I want to say it was nvidia-331 perhaps?). After rebooting, I uninstalled that package and rebooted again to be greeted with the same sad situation. I tried installing nvidia-current which hasn't changed anything. I also tried installing gnome-shell to see if it was a problem with the lubuntu desktop, but it did not change anything.
Any suggestions would be gladly welcome.
Specs:
Lenovo W510 Nvidia 880M i7 Q720 4GB RAM
EDIT:
As @NikTh suggested, [this page] helped fix my initial issue. I simply ran the following:
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
This got my display working properly, but now I load into a login screen, though, which I never had before. When I log in, the screen flashes and brings me right back to the same login screen.
Again, following @NikTh's suggestion, I ran:
rm ~/.Xauthority
sudo service lightdm stop ; sudo service lightdm start
And all is well again!
