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Re: Nouveau will not uninstall to allow for nvidia drivers
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2015, 09:29:00 AM »
 

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after some time and updates,
something got triggered to rebuild initrd
now nvidia is active
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Re: Nouveau will not uninstall to allow for nvidia drivers
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2014, 08:46:00 AM »
 

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well, no
nouveau will not remove itself
nvidia 304 is listed as installed
/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk --open-tab=4

lsmod |grep nouv

nouveau               969577  2
mxm_wmi                12893  1 nouveau
wmi                    18673  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
video                  18903  1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit           13197  1 nouveau
ttm                    72725  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         48868  1 nouveau
drm                   244037  4 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau
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Re: Nouveau will not uninstall to allow for nvidia drivers
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2014, 08:30:48 PM »
 

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[SOLVED] Nouveau will not uninstall to allow for nvidia drivers
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2014, 07:26:29 PM »
 

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Tried and can not get rid of nouveau.
I've battled nouveau for several years.
The GUI tool seems to properly install all nvidia304 & components.
But nouveau will simply not remove itself. Several reboots and checks. grub updates etc.
I've purged nouveau but it is still there! wow

LL2.0
nv49 video card
nvidia304
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