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[Pablo Ramirez <neopablo2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Same here! Problem lies in this old video card. What I did:

Go to console (Ctrl + Alt + F1), login, then kill gdm, in my case,
lightdm:

sudo killall lightdm

Then, execute:

nvidia-xsettings

 This will create a basic xorg.conf into /etc/X11.

Now, install Gnome Flashback, wich brings two options to start Session:
Gnome Flashback (compiz) and Gnome Flashback (Metacity)

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback

Then, restart gdm, in my case:

sudo service lightdm start

Now, in login screen, open the little foot in the upper right corner ,
and choose Gnome Flashback (metacity). This will allow to start a
session without compiz efects. You should now be able to start session
normally.

The problem here is that this old videocard cant handle Opengl and
Composite effects in new Xorg and kernels. Im trying hard to finetune my
xorg.conf, to see if I can make Compiz works. I will try to downgrade
kernel and Xorg too if necessary, but dont expect too much. If your
problem was you couldnt start session, this workaround should let you do
that. If you are expecting for Compiz to work (remember, Ubuntu desktop
and Gnome Flashback (Compiz), both uses Compiz), there are little
possibilities... but if I cant get it to work, i will let you know.
Sorry my english! Im Spanish speaker :P

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Title:
  after install Nvidia-173 driver for trusty black sreen

Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  after install Nvidia-173 driver for trusty black sreen

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  .tmp.unity.support.test.1:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  Date: Wed May 14 19:18:28 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:01b9]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-12 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
  MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 8300
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=e5a5dd2c-a210-4eae-8011-361d62ca076b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Renderer: Software
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/21/2003
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
  dmi.bios.version: A02
  dmi.board.name: 0M2035
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
  dmi.chassis.type: 6
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA02:bd07/21/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension8300:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0M2035:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Dimension 8300
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
  xserver.bootTime: Wed May 14 18:37:39 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.devices:
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 6
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 7
   input         USB OPTICAL MOUSE   MOUSE, id 8
   input        AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
  xserver.errors:
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
   AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  xserver.video_driver: modesetting

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