After purging the nvidia drivers with the following command: #aptitude purge nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx
The nvidia driver is still present and functioning. During the [failed] purge, I received the message 'No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed'. On 10 November 2013 21:44, Alex Naysmith <yeoman.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > After following the procedure at > https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers to install the > nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx package for my GeForce FX5550 card [Debian 7 > "Wheezy"], I would like to know the best method to return to the nouveau > driver with the files from the glx-legacy-1733 package removed including > the /etc/X11/xorg.d directory. I think users would benefit from an > 'uninstall nvidia driver' wiki page. > > Regards >