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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

[SOLVED] Problem with nvidia driver install/uninstall

A while ago I installed the 177.70 driver from nvidia's site, then I was trying to install the 177.80 and to remove the .70 first, I tried

sh NVIDIA-filename.177.70.run --uninstall

And the installer told me no nvidia driver was found. I haven't been able to install a newer driver since every time I tried X would give me a driver mismatch error on start-up. I am hesitant to manually remove any files, how would I fully get rid of 177.70 so I can install a newer one??

TIA

Last edited by colbert (2008-12-05 02:58:10)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with nvidia driver install/uninstall

See script for the command you should be running:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.11-pkg1.run -a -q -s -N --no-opengl-headers

Assuming you're on 32-bit. To let Nvidia's installer sort out your mess.

Last edited by brebs (2008-12-04 21:52:19)

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: [SOLVED] Problem with nvidia driver install/uninstall

Thank you brebs! That worked great! Using 180.11 now