Correct way to remove nvidia drivers

[Fred Roller]

Steve Flynn wrote:
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> My laptop suffered a terminal failure of the MXM Nvidia graphics card.
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> I've had to remove the card and now when I boot into normal mode the
> screen fritzes out as X tries to use the installed Nvidia drivers when
> there's no card in there.
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> I need to remove these drivers and reconfigure X to use the on-board
> graphics chip. This is my task for the 3.5 hours I'm on the train
> tomorrow afternoon (which means I won't have any access to the
> intertubes if I run into anything I'm unsure about.
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> Anyone got any advice on the cleanest way to reconfigure X from the CLI
> before I make a complete hash of it?
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This is /only/ a suggestion, but you could pull the xorg.conf file from 
a live distro or .iso.  I would imagine it is generic enough to get you 
going and be a good default if all else fails while working on the 
system.  Nvidia should have created a back-up and left it in the X 
directory.
As for the drivers you could try:

    sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

Also check your kernel and see if it an nvidia compiled kernel. 

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Fred
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