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
