Latest NVidia driver f-d up my video

[Nils Kassube]

On 15.08.24 MR ZenWiz wrote:
> I also have found this:
>
> $ apt-cache search nvidia | grep driver | wc -l
> 1237
>
> That number is not encouraging, as there are many different versions
> and I'm not entirely sure which ones to remove/purge:
>
> libnvidia-extra-470
> linux-modules-nvidia-390-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-418-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-435-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-440-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-450-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-455-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-460-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-465-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-470-*
> linux-modules-nvidia-510-*
> nvidia-driver-418/430/435/440...
>
> And on and on.
>
> I can't even tell which driver I am running that works, just that it's
> not apparently the nouveau driver.

Try

dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia

which should tell you which nvidia modules are actually installed.


Nils