Re: Procedure to uninstall nvidia drivers and restore nouveau

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Subject: Re: Procedure to uninstall nvidia drivers and restore nouveau
From: Alex Naysmith <yeoman.python@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 15:47:40 +0000
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After purging the nvidia drivers with the following command:

#aptitude purge nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx

The nvidia driver is still present and functioning. During the [failed] purge, I received the message 'No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed'.

On 10 November 2013 21:44, Alex Naysmith <yeoman.python@gmail.com> wrote:

After following the procedure at https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers 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

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