uninstalling drivers

[gigglecream]

Is there a way of uninstalling NVIDIA drivers from a suse system which will no longer run X Server? I would like to return to the default drivers without reinstalling the whole OS
Please Help

[gogalthorp]

Go back to the VESA driver

sax2 -r -m 0=vesa (note that is a zero not the letter o)

[gigglecream]

Do I just type that in on the command line interface i get when X server fails to boot?

[gogalthorp]

You must log in as root, but yes just type it.

[gigglecream]

Thankyou that worked a treat =]
Don't know why the nvidia ones didn't work though. Seems like everone is having the same trouble =Z

[gogalthorp]

How did you install it? The Yast method seem to be hit or miss whether it works or not. Try the manual method. You will need the Kernel source, gcc and make installed

[gigglecream]

yeah used yast, and the command line yast thing! neather worked.
not overly comfidant with commands in Suse I'm usually an Ubuntu user. i'm trying to help a friend, so any code specifics would be helpfull, URLs or anything =]

[gogalthorp]

What NVIDIA card or chip set is it ?

[gigglecream]

The card is:
NVIDIA GForce Go 7300

No idea which chipset and can't look it up as don't have the machine here

Does it make a difference then?

[gogalthorp]

Could. I believe several others have had problems with that chip set in recent posts.

BTW the chip set would be 7300
I guess this is a notebook since that is a mobile chip set

Go to
Linux Display Driver - x86

note this is for the 32 bit drivers. the 32/64 bit is determined by the Suse version installed not the processor. ie you can run 32 bit Suse on a 64 bit processor. In fact it is probably a better choice because there are still a lot of 32 bit things floating around and though they will in most cases run there can be problems. There is no reason to go to 64 bit unless you need more then 4 gig of memory or have other specific needs.

for 64 bit
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T)

in either case go to the "SuSE NVIDIA Installer HOWTO" link

Use the manual method but be sure you install the Kernel source gcc and make before you run it.

Note this is not the newest NVIDIA driver it is Version: 100.14.11 but is the one that is recommend by the NVIDIA site ie 1.0-9755 . This could be the source of the problems.