First time linux user here, having some trouble with the proprietary AMD drivers.
After installing the fglrx-updates driver the computer freezes on startup. After some searching on various forums I tried booting into recovery mode and choosing the failsafeX option in the hopes that it would let me uninstall the proprietary driver.
Instead the computer just displays an X shaped mouse cursor over a black background. No way to enter commands. (If this is unclear I can upload a picture)
Am I missing something obvious? Anyone else have any experience with this issue?
try booting into single user mode(login in as root) and uninstalling the AMD drivers and reinstalling the X.org driver or whatever you where using before you installed the AMD drivers.
If you can access the grub menu at startup try booting with the "nomodeset" option in the advanced menu I think this will prevent the graphic drivers from loading. If it works reinstall original graphical drivers for now till you sort it out.
I'm now in single user mode, any idea what the command for uninstalling the AMD driver would be? I dont really have much experience using commands for these sort of things, just started using ubuntu today.
AMD R9 280X Intel 4760k Qnix QX2710LED 1440p monitor (korean one, may be what was causing the issue in the first place?). I'm using Dual Link DVI for the display.
Ubuntu GNOME 15.04
The driver version I'm not really sure of, I have been following Wendell's setup guide, so I guess It's the newest one (is there a command that let's me check what version I'm running?)