Do Nvidia's drivers work in 12.10 on a MacBook Pro?
Solution 1:
Same problem here with new kernel update to 3.5.0-21
You can run the terminal from a F##! up unity by keyboard shortcut ctrl+alt+t
Then you can run the command software-center to launch the software center or google-chrome to launch the chrome internet browser (better than anything ^^)
Install linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic from software-center (I'm on x64)
download the 310.19 version of the driver on Nvidia's website
Ctrl+F1
login with user + psw
cd Downloads (or whatever path you downloaded your nvidia####.run file)
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo sh nvidia.run (I renamed the nvidia install file to "nvidia.run" when downloading) I think I did say yes afterward to everything in the installation process
sudo reboot
Hope it helps