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--- ubuntu:gpu:nvidia_gpu:uninstall_nvidia_driver [2023/06/07 17:55] – peter
+++ ubuntu:gpu:nvidia_gpu:uninstall_nvidia_driver [2025/05/21 18:14] (current) – peter
@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 ===== When installed through Ubuntu Repo =====
+<code bash>
+sudo dpkg -P $(dpkg -l | grep nvidia-driver | awk '{print $2}')
+sudo apt autoremove
+</code>
+or
 <code bash>
@@ Line 17: / Line 24: @@
 ----
-===== Reboot =====
+===== Switch back to the nouveau driver =====
+Enable Nouveau modules, if this was blacklisted previously:
+<code bash>
+sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
+</code>
+else install the nouveau driver:
+<code bash>
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau # for xserver.
+</code>
+----
+===== Reboot =====
 <code bash>
@@ Line 29: / Line 53: @@
 sudo init 6
 </code>
+----
+===== Confirm the nouveau driver is loaded =====
+<code bash>
+lsmod | grep nouveau
+</code>
+returns:
+<code>
+nouveau              1949696  4
+mxm_wmi                16384  1 nouveau
+ttm                   106496  1 nouveau
+drm_kms_helper        184320  1 nouveau
+drm                   491520  7 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau
+i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
+wmi                    32768  3 wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
+video                  49152  1 nouveau
+</code>