How to uninstall nvidia drivers in runlevel3

[Lawrence Graves]

On 12/26/2011 02:56 PM, Kevin Martin wrote:
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> On 12/26/2011 03:15 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 26.12.2011 22:07, schrieb Lawrence Graves:
>>> I would like to do an update on my Dell 9400 Inspiron which is running 275.43 nvidia drivers. Is there a command
>>> that will allow me this option if need. Please help.
>> yum remove packagename
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>> if you have decided to install without rpm-packages consult the manual
>> of your diver package
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> Lawrence,
>
>  If you got the drivers from the nVidia website and you are in 
> runlevel 3 you don't need to do an uninstall to do the update as the 
> nVidia module is not loaded yet.  just run "yum update" and it will 
> update, although beware what it updates to as far as your video 
> driver(s) are concerned.
>
> Kevin
> Thanks. Has there been any news as to when they will get  the 290.10 
> nvidia drivers fixed to install without problems. There are no new 
> nvidia drivers. It seems the Nvidia people are recommending the 
> drivers I am running now so I guess I need to leave it alone. I am not 
> having any problem with the 275.43 drivers so I guess I should leave 
> well enough alone.:-)
>
>

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