5. openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Tumbleweed Uninstall NVIDIA Drivers and Enable Nouveau⌗

I assume here that you have used this guide install part to install your NVIDIA drivers. This whole process is good to run on runlevel 3. When there is no X running. So first boot to runlevel 3 using direct parameter (3) on Grub linux/linuxefi line or using “systemctl set-default multi-user.target”.

5.1 Change root user⌗ 

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i

5.2 Start NVIDIA Uninstall Process⌗ 

nvidia-installer --uninstall

5.3 Restore xorg.conf⌗

You can restore xorg.conf backup or remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you don’t have any special configuration.

Fedora nVidia Uninstall Restore Xorg Conf

5.4 NVIDIA Uninstall Warning⌗

You might see following warning if you have updated some packages since nvidia drivers installation. Just select “OK”.

Fedora nVidia Uninstall Warning Altered

5.5 NVIDIA Installer Uninstalling⌗

Fedora nVidia Uninstall Process

5.6 Fedora NVIDIA Uninstall Complete⌗

Fedora nVidia Uninstall Complete

5.7 Remove inttf-nvidia.conf⌗

Remove or backup /etc/modprobe.d/inttf-nvidia.conf file:

rm /etc/modprobe.d/inttf-nvidia.conf

5.8 Update grub2 conf⌗ 

## BIOS / UEFI ##
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

5.9 Generate initramfs⌗ 

## Backup old initramfs nvidia image ##
mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nvidia.img
 
## Generate new initramfs image ##
dracut -f /boot/initrd-$(uname -r) $(uname -r)

5.10 Reinstall xorg, mesa and libglvnd packages⌗ 

## openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Tumbleweed ##
zypper in -f $(rpm -qa |grep -i 'xorg-\|mesa-*\|libglvnd')

5.11 Reboot⌗

Run systemctl set-default graphical.target first or if you used direct grub parameter, then just:

reboot

5.12 NVIDIA Drivers Uninstall Complete and Nouveau Enabled⌗

openSUSE NVIDIA Drivers Uninstall Complete and nouveau restored