Nvidia Updates

[rbrown3rd]

I recently had some problems with my Nvidia drivers which we resolved with help from this forum. It involved removing the standard Nvidia updates and using the Nvidia driver installer from the Nvidia website. My Adept updater found the following updates this morning.

nvidia-glx-new
nvidia-glx-new-dev
nvidia-new-kernel-source

I refused them as I was worried about them putting me back into the situation that I just resolved. Is there a way to remove them from the update list? Is that the right thing to do to avoid problems? Any advice is appreciated.

[ppberns]

Re: Nvidia Updates

Hi,

Check to see in adept if they still show "partially" installed. I tend to use Synaptic because I can check off "remove completely" and even the config files get removed.
Let's see you can also do an apt-get clean, apt-get autoclean, apt-get update to refresh everything. I had similar issues and they are all resolved and I only use to Nvidia drivers now.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: Nvidia Updates

Tried removing the packages with Synaptic and they failed to remove due to some directories not being empty. Should I manually go into those and empty them and how can I capture the output from Synaptic to be able to find which directories they are?

[walfred]

Re: Nvidia Updates

If some files cannot be deleted, try to purge them

sudo aptitude purge nvidia-glx-new nvidia-glx-new-dev nvidia-new-kernel-source

[rbrown3rd]

Re: Nvidia Updates

Thanks. I didn't know about purge. I learn something new every day.

[dibl]

Re: Nvidia Updates

The result can also be obtained as follows:

sudo apt-get install envyng-core

sudo envyng -t

choose #2 "Uninstall the Driver" and it will be removed.

choose #1 "Install the Driver" and the latest driver suitable for your GPU will be installed.

[rbrown3rd]

Re: Nvidia Updates

Thanks everyone. I am back in business thanks to you all.

[walfred]

Re: Nvidia Updates

rbrown3rd: you're welcome
dibl: nice tip about envyng-core. I should give it a try...