Uninstallation of Nvidia drivers / software

[shaw]

Hi, I installed the Nvidia driver and opengl 32bit compatibility libraries for my amd64 box. I plan on not using the nvidia driver when I can get the opensource driver to display the native resolution of my monitor. I'm wondering how I can find out what Nvidia put on my machine, where its located, and how to uninstall it. Hopefully nvidia has tools for this?

[zander]

If you installed the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver using the official .run package, then you can ran `nvidia-installer` with the --uninstall to uninstall the driver. If you used a third-party driver package, please consult the documentation provided by the package distribution/maintainer.

[Leopold Holubar]

Hi,
I have a problem uninstalling with the "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9746-pkg2.run" script. After using option "--uninstall" I get a message saying something like "a clean uninstall was not possible..".
After rebooting I get around 10000 or more messages saying "nvidia: Unknown symbol". Dmesg is flooded with it so I cannot say at which point it starts:
...
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
nvidia: Unknown symbol
Adding 1052216k swap on /dev/hda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1052216k
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
JBD: barrier-based sync failed on hda6 - disabling barriers
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda7, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
AppArmor: AppArmor initialized
audit(1169935025.901:2): AppArmor initialized

NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
ip_conntrack version 2.4 (4093 buckets, 32744 max) - 288 bytes per conntrack
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
audit(1169935051.863:3): audit_pid=3617 old=0 by auid=4294967295
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14a <tigran@veritas.com>
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on

When I do
Core2Duo:~ # modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

Dmesg is afterwards again flooded with messages saying the above "unknown symbol". What do I have to do to fix this?
Thanks & Regards, Leo

Environment:
Mainboard: ASRock ConRoe 865PE S-775 ATX
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, 2*1,86 GHz, S-775, Boxed
Netzteil: Seasonic S12-380, Active PFC, ATX 380W
RAM: 2*512MB Corsair Value Select DDR PC3200 400MHz CL2.5-3-3-8-T1
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce NX6200AX 128MB DDR 8xAGP (using VGA)
TV: Pinnacle PCTV 50i Analog + IR-Remote Control
Monitor: Gericom TFT 19"
Keyboard: Speedlink SL 6453 Illuminated USB
OS: Suse 10.2, Kernel 2.6.18.2-34-default