uninstalling nvidia driver

Please how to uninstall nvidia driver installed by YOU in SuSE 9.1 ?
because the nvidia installation is broken when I switch from XFree86 to
xorg-x11 and I cannot reinstall nvidia driver by YOU, it says :

ERROR: An NVIDIA kernel module 'nvidia' appears to already be loaded in
your kernel.

I already know after searching documentations that a NVIDIA kernel module
is linked into the kernel at kernel intall time or upgrade time,
but I cannot figure out how to unlink it to be able to re-install properly
by YOU.

I'll greatly appreciate some help about the fetchnvidia procedure and how
to reverse it, because for now I run with the dummy nvidia drivers of
xorg-x11 package (although, happily, with glx support).

Thank you all for an expert help, sure.

berbae7@wanadoo.fr wrote:
> Please how to uninstall nvidia driver installed by YOU in SuSE 9.1 ?
> because the nvidia installation is broken when I switch from XFree86 to
> xorg-x11 and I cannot reinstall nvidia driver by YOU, it says :
>
> ERROR: An NVIDIA kernel module 'nvidia' appears to already be loaded in
> your kernel.
>
> I already know after searching documentations that a NVIDIA kernel module
> is linked into the kernel at kernel intall time or upgrade time,
> but I cannot figure out how to unlink it to be able to re-install properly
> by YOU.
>
> I'll greatly appreciate some help about the fetchnvidia procedure and how
> to reverse it, because for now I run with the dummy nvidia drivers of
> xorg-x11 package (although, happily, with glx support).
>
> Thank you all for an expert help, sure.

"Loaded" in the error message does not mean "installed". It is enough to
unload the nvidia kernel module. Log into a console window as root and
do this:

init 3
rmmod nvidia

Now you can install the nvidia module (or a new version).

Mark

berbae7@wanadoo.fr adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> Please how to uninstall nvidia driver installed by YOU in SuSE 9.1 ?
> because the nvidia installation is broken when I switch from XFree86
> to xorg-x11 and I cannot reinstall nvidia driver by YOU, it says :
>
> ERROR: An NVIDIA kernel module 'nvidia' appears to already be loaded
> in your kernel.
>
> I already know after searching documentations that a NVIDIA kernel
> module is linked into the kernel at kernel intall time or upgrade
> time, but I cannot figure out how to unlink it to be able to
> re-install properly by YOU.
>
> I'll greatly appreciate some help about the fetchnvidia procedure and
> how to reverse it, because for now I run with the dummy nvidia drivers
> of xorg-x11 package (although, happily, with glx support).
>
> Thank you all for an expert help, sure.


Go to your /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the "nvidia" to "nv" in the
driver section, or simply use Yast to change the graphics card from an
nvidia to the dummy nv module.

Log out and log back in again and you should be using the nv module, do
an lsmod to see if the nvidia is still loaded if so use:

rmmod nvidia

to remove the module and then try to re-install with YOU or grab the
latest from the Nvidia site and install yourself.

You should be able to un-install it from Yast anyway.

--
Mark
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N. Wales, UK
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