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Old 01-23-2008, 09:47 PM   #1
Rollinco
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How do I downgrade Nvidia drivers

I am running Slack 12 and am having trouble with the 169.07 drivers and would like to downgrade to the 100.14.19 drivers. I don't know the best way to go about it. Any ideas??
 
Old 01-23-2008, 10:08 PM   #2
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What happens when you just try and install the 100.14.19 driver?
 
Old 01-23-2008, 10:23 PM   #3
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I haven't tried as I don't know if that is the best way to do it. I don't want to screw my system up...LOL.
 
Old 01-23-2008, 10:44 PM   #4
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Just installing the lower version would work just fine. You should be able to find them somewhere on the nvidia site, possibly in their help/support section.

EDIT: Here's their driver archive: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_archive.html
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Old 01-24-2008, 09:20 AM   #5
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You can use the --uninstall switch using the 169.07 driver installer, and then install the 100.14.19 installer as you would normally.
 
Old 01-24-2008, 07:30 PM   #6
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Thank's!! I used the --uninstall switch and it worked like a champ!!
 
Old 01-24-2008, 09:03 PM   #7
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Usually when you install the nvidia driver it will automatically uninstall any previous version.
 
  


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