How to uninstall the existing driver?
 

Hi everyone,
I want to kill the existing graphic card/video card driver that is installed when I first install the OS.
How do I exit the X server and set my default run level boot to a
vga console and not boot directly into X ?

Thanks

Edit /etc/inittab to change your default runlevel.

Thank you, and how do I uninstall the existing video card driver? sorry I am a newbie.

to unload a module, as root type -

#rmmod <module name>

if youu need to see a list of modules so that you can see what the video driver module is called, type -

#lsmod (list modules)

and finally, for the sake of completeness, to load a module, type -

#modprobe <module name>

Thank you =)
so the last step #modprobe <module name> is just to make sure it's gone completely, right?

hi,

No, sorry, I was getting ahead of things - modprobe installs modules (drivers); so if for example you wanted to reload your video driver after unloading it, you'd use modprobe.

ic....that's really good to know. Thanks one more time. :cool: