Comment 3 for bug 226286

I tried it one more time:

I logged out and used ctrl-alt-F1 to get to a virtual console. Then I issued these commands:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.12-pkg1.run --uninstall

used nano to edit xorg.conf (changed driver from nvidia to nv)
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
logged back in without a problem -- but now without nvidia proprietary driver.

Then I ran EnvyNG with manual driver selection. The envy log is attached. Envy detects I'm using kernel -17 but it sets up kernel image -16.

EnvyNG: Ubuntu stock kernel detected (2.6.24-17-generic)
Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-16-386 (2.6.24-16.30)