How to purge (remove completely) A video driver ?

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night_mare007
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How to purge (remove completely) A video driver ?

#1 Post by night_mare007 »

Hello,
I run puppy 5.25 and I had run it one time with an Nvidia driver as .SFS file.
After that i've removed it from being load at start up ( using Bootmanager ), restarted, and when boot up again - deleted the .SFS file.

But, since then - after many restarts after - I can still see Nvidia & NV driver being listed under xorgwizard !

I tried to run "rmmod nvidia" and "rmmod nv" - but it reports they aren't exist ! :shock:

How can I purge - SAFELY - any remnant of this video driver ?!?! :evil: :evil:

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bigpup
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#2 Post by bigpup »

If you removed the driver the list in xorgwizard is only a list of possible drivers.
A driver file still needs to be present for the selection to work.
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected :shock:
YaPI(any iso installer)

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