kernel gets updated . reboot , append ' 3 ' to the end of the grub entry the line starting with Linux or linuxefi , press ' e ' on the boot entry to edit it and F 10 to boot after continue booting in nongraphical mode that ' s what the 3 did , run level 3 reinstall the nvidia driver then reboot as default . Not at all . Simply reboot to the new Kernel and let it load normally , drop to terminal Alt Ctrl F 1 , become root su , service displaymanager stop , install the drivers . Done . <| sep |> I think its just kind of like one of those duckrabbit images . You see what you see first and aren ' t looking for anything else until someone tells you its two things . <| sep |> TYVM for the giveaway <| sep |> I dunno . Its their car . Their entitled to do whatever they want in it , as long as it doesn ' t cause harm . As long as they don ' t flick it out the window , I don ' t see a reason to think they ' re a douche bag .