Getting rid of Proprietary ATI Driver

[Mumia W.]

On 08/12/2008 03:01 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.
> 

 From the command line do this:

sudo apt-get --remove <packagename>

You can usually get a virtual terminal by keying Control-Alt-F2.