Getting rid of Proprietary ATI Driver

[NoOp]

On 08/12/2008 01:01 PM, 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.
> 

Two possible solutions:

1. Reboot in recovery mode and select xfix and then continue to boot.
That will generally correct most problems.
Note: that will overwrite whatever you previously had in xorg.conf. It
does save a copy of the old, but since this is a new install it probably
doesn't matter anyway.

2. At the login screen select "Options|Select Session|Failsafe GNOME"
and then enter your username and password & and that will open gnome
without any startup scripts.

Please post back after doing 1 or 2 (or both).

Note: if Failsafe GNOME works, you can remove the driver by opening a
terminal (Applications|Accessories|Terminal) and then:

sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx

Or use System|Administration|Synaptic|Search|fglrx
and remove from there.

If Failsafe GNOME doesn't work:

Ctrl-Alt-F1
  login with your username & password
    sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx
  exit
reboot.