A new X-server problem

[thomasanderson]

Hello all; i'm very glad that i registered such a great linux forum site and i'd like to ask for your help with an issue i feel totally confused ... As a debian user of about 2-3 months old i tried to update my VGA card driver (Nvidia) because Google Earth told me that it can work faster and better if i do so and i somehow disabled my X-server (or what else could it be i only "think" i disabled the X-server) using a tool i downloaded from Nvidia's site and now my debian's GUI does not work all i get is a message prompted telling me that my X-server has been disabled with a log file with lots in it ending with "no screen found" After reading the message and closing it with "Ok" something like that appears on the "blackboard"

debianonur(my machine name) login:_ (this is the cursor blinking )
whatever i write to log in (whether root or the username i defined at the install) i can write "nothing" to the password because nothing happens when you hit the letters on the keyboard to enter the pass and it returns with a warning "login incorrect" and the login string appears again

so far i tried to explain what i've suffered from and from my sentences i'm sure many experienced linux users can easily understand i'm a newbie with very limited knowledge so please i'd be very happy if you try to explain things as simple as possible...all i want to use linux and my only method for learning is to be curious and to ask for help when i'm stuck

for those who tries to help,thank you very much...

[jrp316]

I had a similar issue with my Inspiron 2650, which uses an Nvidia card. Everything installed and functioned, but the display was about half size. The GUI took up the middle section of the screen, and left everything else blank.

I attempted to use Nvidia drivers...that left my system basically useless. I couldn't get a GUI from setting up XServer with Nvidia or any other drivers subsequently. The end result was to uninstall XServer-XFree86, purge the files and reinstall from scratch.

Here's what I did:
apt-get remove xserver-xfree86
dpkg --purge xserver-xfree86
apt-get install xserver-xfree86

I restarted, and that cured the problem. Full size display, and my Nvidia card was properly recognized according to lspci.

FWIW