

To uninstall the official NVIDIA drivers and switch to the open-source Nouveau drivers (which you need to see the video output on your monitor), select xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (open-source) and click on Apply Changes. In the Driver Manager app, you should see that the official NVIDIA drivers are being used. You can open the Driver Manager app from the Application Menu of Linux Mint 21. You can uninstall the official NVIDIA drivers from Linux Mint graphically using the Driver Manager app. Uninstalling the Official NVIDIA Drivers from Linux Mint via the Graphical User Interface Re-installing/Clean Installing the Official NVIDIA Drivers on Linux Mint.Completely Uninstalling the Official NVIDIA Drivers from Linux Mint Using the Command Line.

Uninstalling the Official NVIDIA Drivers from Linux Mint via the Graphical User Interface.In this article, we will show you how to uninstall the official NVIDIA drivers from Linux Mint 21 completely using the graphical user interface and from the command line (in case you see a black screen). To solve this problem, you can try to uninstall the official NVIDIA drivers completely from your Linux Mint 21 operating system and try to install the official NVIDIA drivers again.

Or, in the worst-case scenario, break the operating system and show you a black screen.

This may result in the official NVIDIA drivers not working on your computer/laptop. Note: If you have any questions concerning this article, please contact our GoEngineer Technical support.While installing the official NVIDIA drivers on Linux Mint 21, things may go wrong in many ways. In the Status section, you can verify what version of the driver is now installed (Figure H:5). Once this process is completed, the driver can be verified by opening SOLIDWORKS RX and going to the Diagnostics tab. The old driver was removed and the new one installed. Then check that the 'Base Profile' is selected. Select the 'Perform a clean installation' option (Figure E:4).Īfter the installation is complete, Launch the NVIDIA control panel through the right-click menu on the desktop (Figure F). Select the Custom (Advance) option (Figure D:3) for the install. exe file and launch the installer (Figure B). The correct driver can be then downloaded. Select the driver and it will take you to the download page. The search may need to be selected, and then a list of drivers populates. This will direct you to the NVIDIA Driver Download page. Figure A:2 gives the specific driver and version tested. The get the correct version of the NVIDIA driver go to the SOLIDWORKS Hardware Certification page and fill out the system information and the link to the correct driver is given. Luckily, this is part of the installation process and can be done while installing the new driver. There may come a time when the NVIDIA driver for your video needs to be updated or a clean install needs to be performed to solve an issue.
