Re: Need help ripping out an nvidia binary driver installed.…

Cool - that did it. Thanks!

Jim

On Apr 26, 2012 5:48 PM, "Stephen" <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> sh /path/to/nvidia-1.0-XXXX.pkg1.run --uninstall
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:30 PM, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:
> > rmmod will only remove it from memory.. it isn't persistent across
reboots.
> > I'm not an ubuntu guy but that's based on debian..
> >
> > Get the list of packages installed and look for the nvidia one:
> >
> > dpkg --get-selections | grep -i nvidia
> >
> > Then remove it with apt-get :
> >
> > apt-get remove <package name>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 17:15, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> ...from an Nvidia .run file.
> >>
> >> I'm on ubuntu 12.04 and the Nvidia 295.40 driver is a travesty in
64bit.
> >> So I got ahold of nvidia's 295.33 driver, killed X and installed it via
> >> Nvidia's command-line installer. Biiiiig mistake. Fried the hell out
of
> >> amy graphical use whatsoever. Can't even get Nouveau to start. I
think I
> >> need to yank out what Nvidia's installer did. I did an rmmod nvidia -
no
> >> joy. Help? Typing this on my cellphone...sigh.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
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