How does one remove the nvidia driver and install nouveau ?

Fri Oct 23 14:14:40 UTC 2009

On 10/23/2009 04:01 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 08:38 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>> Run 'livna-config-display
>> --active off' to prevent the starutp script from modifying xorg.conf.
>> Then edit xorg.conf and change the driver from 'nvidia' to 'nouveau'.
>> The reboot.
>>
>> I think that'll do it.
>
> It didn't.  I did this and rebooted and nvidia still runs.   What else
> do I need to do ?

Run
nvidia-config-display disable
and reboot

To turn it on again:
nvidia-config-display enable
and reboot

Ralf