Re: Procedure to uninstall nvidia drivers and restore nouveau

[berenger.morel@neutralite.org]

Le 11.11.2013 16:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit :
> On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 15:25 +0100, berenger.morel@neutralite.org 
> wrote:
> > Le 10.11.2013 22:44, Alex Naysmith a écrit :
> > > After following the procedure at
> > > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers [1] to install the
> > > nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx package for my GeForce FX5550 card [Debian 
> > 7
> > > "Wheezy"], I would like to know the best method to return to the
> > > nouveau driver with the files from the glx-legacy-1733 package
> > > removed
> > > including the /etc/X11/xorg.d directory. I think users would 
> > benefit
> > > from an 'uninstall nvidia driver' wiki page.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Links:
> > > ------
> > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
> >
> > If you installed NVidia through the Debian's package in non-free
> > sections, then simply remove it, with
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I guess this is incorrect ...
> > #aptitude purge nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx
>            ^^^^^^ ... but the command is correct ;), but I'm not sure
> how Debian handles /etc/X11/xorg...

You got me. Indeed, it need to be purged. Probably.
I simply never use the remove commands...
If I want to remove a package, I want no traces. I did not switched 
away from windows for nothing btw...