Need help ripping out an nvidia binary driver installed...

[Stephen]

sh /path/to/nvidia-1.0-XXXX.pkg1.run --uninstall

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:30 PM, JD Austin <jd at 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>
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> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 17:15, Jim March <1.jim.march at 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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