Post by Jean-PierreI should note that I have tried EVERY SINGLE
SUGGESTION that was suggested. Not only did
I try every single suggestion, but I DOCUMENTED
what happened when I tried it. In detail.
Here's the latest attempt, following the apt
suggestion to just purge all things nvidia,
and start from scratch with the KDE Driver
Manager GUI.
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$ script $HOME/purge.log
Script started on Mon 12 Jan 2015 08:08:05 PM PST
Unable to connect to X server
Unable to connect to X server
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$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
Reading package lists... 0%Reading package lists... 100%Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 50%Building dependency tree... 50%Building dependency tree
Reading state information... 0%Reading state information... 0%Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-doc' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-visual-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-persistenced' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-304-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-doc' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-486' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-common' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-glx' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-binary' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-325-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-686-pae' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-310-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-310-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-amd64' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-313' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-nsight' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-325' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-319-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-331' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-debugger' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-binary' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-340' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-343' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'bumblebee-nvidia' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-346' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-313-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-experimental-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-updates-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-texture-tools' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'libgl1-nvidia-glx' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-343' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-310' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-319' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-va-driver' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-304-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-331' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-prime' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-313-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-173-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-304' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-310' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-313' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-319' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'boinc-nvidia-cuda' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-325' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-331' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-dev' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-340' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-343' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-profiler' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-173' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-313-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'libgl1-nvidia-alternatives' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates' for regex 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-uvm' for regex 'nvidia*'
Package 'libgl1-nvidia-alternatives' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-glx' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-amd64' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-686-pae' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-486' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-313' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-313' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-319' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-325' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-325-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-325' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-331' is not installed, so not removed
Note, selecting 'libnvtt-bin' instead of 'nvidia-texture-tools'
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Note, selecting 'vdpau-va-driver' instead of 'nvidia-va-driver'
Package 'libgl1-nvidia-glx' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-debugger' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-173' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-173-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-313-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-313-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-310' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-310-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'boinc-nvidia-cuda' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-doc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-doc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-nsight' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-visual-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-304-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-common' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-persistenced' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'bumblebee-nvidia' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-experimental-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-310' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-310-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-313-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-319' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings-319-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nvidia-331-updates* nvidia-340* nvidia-340-uvm*
nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates* nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates* nvidia-prime*
nvidia-settings*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
After this operation, 301 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Removing nvidia-331-updates (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-331-updates (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
stop: Unknown job: nvidia-persistenced
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing nvidia-340-uvm (340.65-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Removing nvidia-340 (340.65-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-340-prime/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-340-prime/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
INFO:Disable nvidia-340
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Purging configuration files for nvidia-340 (340.65-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Removing nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Removing nvidia-prime (0.6.2) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-prime (0.6.2) ...
Removing nvidia-settings (346.22-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-settings (346.22-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.2) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-14-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
@:~/nvidia$ exit
exit
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Script done on Mon 12 Jan 2015 08:09:48 PM PST
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$ script -a $HOME/purge.log
Script started on Mon Jan 12 20:13:46 2015
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$ modprobe -R nvidia
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
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$ xdriinfo
Screen 0: not direct rendering capable.
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$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
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$ inxi -F
...
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT216GLM [Quadro FX 880M]
drivers: nvidia,fbdev,nouveau (unloaded: vesa) Resolution:***@73.0hz
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$ cat /etc/default/grub|grep CMDLINE
# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
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$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf
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$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT216GLM [Quadro FX 880M] (rev a2)
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$ exit
Script done on Mon Jan 12 20:19:20 2015
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$ sudo reboot
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(KDE)System Settings > Driver Manager
(set to the latest Recommended Nvidia)
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(KDE)System Settings > Display & Monitor
(try to set to 1920x1080 - but it will
be impossible)
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$ script -a $HOME/purge.log
Script started on Mon Jan 12 20:19:22 2015
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$ modprobe -R nvidia
nvidia_340
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$ xdriinfo
libGL is too old.
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$ glxinfo
name of display: :0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
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$ inxi -F
Graphics: Card:NVIDIA GT216GLM [Quadro FX 880M]
X.Org:1.15.1 drivers:nvidia,fbdev,nouveau (unloaded: vesa) Resolution:***@73.0hz
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$ xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 640 x 480, maximum 640 x 480
default connected primary 640x480+0+0 0mm x 0mm
640x480 73.0*
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$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidi a-graphics-drivers.conf
# This file was installed by nvidia-340
# Do not edit this file manually
blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
blacklist nvidia-current
blacklist nvidia-173
blacklist nvidia-96
blacklist nvidia-current-updates
blacklist nvidia-173-updates
blacklist nvidia-96-updates
blacklist nvidia-340-updates
alias nvidia nvidia_340
alias nvidia-uvm nvidia_340-uvm
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off
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$ exit
Script done on Mon Jan 12 20:27:30 2015
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No change.