sudo dpkg -P $(dpkg -l | grep nvidia-driver | awk '{print $2}') sudo apt autoremove
or
sudo apt remove nvidia-driver-470
sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-XXX.XX.run --uninstall
Enable Nouveau modules, if this was blacklisted previously:
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
else install the nouveau driver:
sudo apt update sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau # for xserver.
sudo reboot
or
sudo init 6
lsmod | grep nouveau
returns:
nouveau 1949696 4 mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau ttm 106496 1 nouveau drm_kms_helper 184320 1 nouveau drm 491520 7 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau wmi 32768 3 wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau video 49152 1 nouveau