Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100 Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed with Debian squeeze)? If you have used the Debian packages in non-free, definitely. If you have run NVidia's installer, I'm not so sure. Which method did you choose? I used the Debian packages from non-free. Presumably I'll need to purge those. But do I also have to reconfigure/reinstall the nouveau driver package? Since the nvidia package installs a different kernel, do I have to manually (via aptitude) install a new one, or will aptitude know to do that? I tried modifying xorg.conf and removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that partially worked, however, glx didn't work because of the different kernel installed when nvidia was installed. GLX not working has nothing to do with the kernel, it's because the nvidia driver installs its own incompatible implementation. Sven -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110128072644.77a77f06@gauss
Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
On 2011-01-28 16:26 +0100, Joe Riel wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100
Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote:
On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote:
Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace
it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed
with Debian squeeze)?
If you have used the Debian packages in non-free, definitely. If you
have run NVidia's installer, I'm not so sure. Which method did you
choose?
I used the Debian packages from non-free. Presumably I'll need to
purge those.
Removing them should suffice, since you have already taken out the
blacklist entry that nvidia-kernel-common has installed.
But do I also have to reconfigure/reinstall the
nouveau driver package?
No.
Since the nvidia package installs a different
kernel, do I have to manually (via aptitude) install a new one, or will
aptitude know to do that?
Hm? The nvidia packages do not install kernels, they only install
_modules_ for your kernel(s). Those should be harmless, since the
nvidia module is not autoloaded unless you also use the nvidia X driver.
I tried modifying xorg.conf and
removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that
partially worked, however, glx didn't work because of the
different kernel installed when nvidia was installed.
GLX not working has nothing to do with the kernel, it's because the
nvidia driver installs its own incompatible implementation.
It seems that the packaging of the nvidia stuff has changed in the last
ten months, and you need to remove the libgl{1,x}-nvidia-alternatives
packages to restore the /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so and
/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 files that these packages divert.
Sven
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Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:02:50 +0100
Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote:
On 2011-01-28 16:26 +0100, Joe Riel wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100
Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote:
On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote:
Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace
it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed
with Debian squeeze)?
If you have used the Debian packages in non-free, definitely. If
you have run NVidia's installer, I'm not so sure. Which method
did you choose?
I used the Debian packages from non-free. Presumably I'll need to
purge those.
Removing them should suffice, since you have already taken out the
blacklist entry that nvidia-kernel-common has installed.
But do I also have to reconfigure/reinstall the
nouveau driver package?
No.
Since the nvidia package installs a different
kernel, do I have to manually (via aptitude) install a new one, or
will aptitude know to do that?
Hm? The nvidia packages do not install kernels, they only install
_modules_ for your kernel(s). Those should be harmless, since the
nvidia module is not autoloaded unless you also use the nvidia X
driver.
Thanks, I got confused by the name: nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-amd64.
I assumed that was a kernel rather than a kernel module.
It seems that the packaging of the nvidia stuff has changed in the
last ten months, and you need to remove the
libgl{1,x}-nvidia-alternatives packages to restore
the /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
and /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 files that these packages divert.
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Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Joe Riel j...@san.rr.com wrote: Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed with Debian squeeze)? I tried modifying xorg.conf and removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that partially worked, however, glx didn't work because of the different kernel installed when nvidia was installed. I did this a number of times in Fedora recently. My method was: 1) remove package for proprietary driver 2) delete xorg.conf 3) reboot I could be wrong, but the Nouveau driver should still be there.
Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:42:30 +0100 Thierry Chatelet tchate...@free.fr wrote: On Friday 28 January 2011 07:12:43 Joe Riel wrote: Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed with Debian squeeze)? I tried modifying xorg.conf and removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that partially worked, however, glx didn't work because of the different kernel installed when nvidia was installed. Purge whatever nvidia staff you installed and move away xorg.conf, it wont be needed any longer Thierry Thanks for all the responses. I did dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia | xargs sudo aptitude purge --assume-yes sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf then rebooted. All is well, so far. This has restored the pc-speaker beep and improved the console font. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110128225633.08c4b4c9@gauss
Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed with Debian squeeze)? I tried modifying xorg.conf and removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that partially worked, however, glx didn't work because of the different kernel installed when nvidia was installed. -- Joe Riel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110127221243.6e5d205f@gauss
Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed with Debian squeeze)? If you have used the Debian packages in non-free, definitely. If you have run NVidia's installer, I'm not so sure. Which method did you choose? I tried modifying xorg.conf and removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that partially worked, however, glx didn't work because of the different kernel installed when nvidia was installed. GLX not working has nothing to do with the kernel, it's because the nvidia driver installs its own incompatible implementation. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wrlp7abx@turtle.gmx.de
Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau
On Friday 28 January 2011 07:12:43 Joe Riel wrote: Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed with Debian squeeze)? I tried modifying xorg.conf and removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that partially worked, however, glx didn't work because of the different kernel installed when nvidia was installed. Purge whatever nvidia staff you installed and move away xorg.conf, it wont be needed any longer Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201101280842.31102.tchate...@free.fr
