Getting rid of Proprietary ATI Driver
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Tue Aug 12 20:33:54 UTC 2008
Schiz0 wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I installed Ubuntu 8.0.4.1. It said I needed the restricted ATI
> driver, so I enabled it. It downloaded and installed the package, then
> I rebooted. Now xorg crashes about 1 minute after I can see the
> desktop, every single time. I'd like to get rid of the restricted
> driver. Is there a way I can do it via commandline? I don't have
> enough time to uncheck the 'restricted drivers' box before xorg
> crashes.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
I timed myself and I got to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers
and gave my password and then can uncheck my nVidia driver in about 40
seconds.
Are you sure you have a full 60 seconds?
Karl
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