Linux Video Driver Version Command

Video Driver Version Command

dmesg | grep NVIDIA
sudo lspci -vvnn | grep 10de

What I did from the command line is to find the packages for nvidia

(dpkg -l | grep nvidia)
and then
apt-get remove nvidia-173 

(or whatever package you get from the previous command).

The problem is that you will still have the nvidia modues listed in xorg.conf.
So, I also  mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup
and rebooted.

I landed in a graphical mode as usual, without the nvidia GL stuff,
but then there are graphical tools to set it up.

At this state, it’s safe to delete the xorg.conf backup you just created.

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Whenever I try to start my computer from kernel version 3 (it boots fine with 2.6) Kubuntu stops booting
altogether.

11.10 stops booting at “Checking battery state … [OK]”

I had to reinstall my graphics drivers.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-173