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[Richard Leckinger <1428410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This may be a corner case. Cruft left in my home directory (nvidia
related) may have been the cause of the unity/dash failure to
materialise. Creating an alternative user and testing it proved the
issue was in my profile, so it looks like apt-get purge -f
nvidia-331-updates, which is what I did following the circular loop that
generated this bug, almost worked.

Deleting the .nv and the .nvidia-settings-rc from the .conf folder in my
profile liberated it and normal activity has resumed. This was
accomplished by logging in at tty2 (Ctrl-Alt-F2) having arrived at the
blank (wallpaper) screen after initial login. (tty7).

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Title:
  package nvidia-331-updates not uninstalling cleanly

Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  It keeps asking to be reinstalled so that it can be uninstalled
  cleanly. Only using Ctrl-Alt-F2 allows access to terminal for this.
  After complying, this crash report and only a partially functioning
  unity.

  1410 x64

  Attempting to wind back failed installation of nvidia driver 331-updates.
  after purge and reinstallation of xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, I expected a return to the previous state.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: nvidia-331-updates (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-31.41-generic 3.16.7-ckt5
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar  5 13:51:48 2015
  DuplicateSignature: package:nvidia-331-updates:(not installed):package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal
  ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-04 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates
  Title: package nvidia-331-updates (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia.331.updates.hybrid.conf: [deleted]

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