Nvidia and Ubuntu – Blank screen

Remove everything to do with the Nvidia proprietary drivers.

1. sudo nvidia-settings --uninstall
2. sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*

Start from scratch.

1. sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nv

Reinstall all the things!

1. sudo apt-get install nvidia-common
2. sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
3. sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core

Reconfigure the X server.

1. sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg