Home / ubuntu / Questions / 1121235
Accepted
matohak
Asked: 2019-02-26 11:47:32 +0800 CST

Unable to uninstall NVidia drivers completely (initramfs will attempt to resume from...)

  • 772

I was trying to install nvidia drivers for my PC for so that xorg will use intel drivers. I followed this guide and did an installation a runfile using the command:

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.24.run --no-opengl-files --dkms --no-drm

https://forums.fast.ai/t/successful-ubuntu-18-04-with-igpu-for-xserver-and-nvidia-gpu-for-cuda-work-setup/20128

The method didn't work for me. And now I'm trying to uninstall nvidia's drivers with sudo apt purge nvidia*

Somehow after doing this, now whenever I try to install/uninstall something I get a message like this:

....
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/nvidia/gv100/acr/bl.bin for module nouveau
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/nvme0n1p3
I: (UUID=1e612fb7-d1f4-4a4a-a5bd-1ae6761c9bf0)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.

And I can't even get the original nvidia driver to work. Any idea what the RESUME variable is? What is it that needs to be removed?

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.

drivers nvidia graphics initramfs

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Reinstall the nouveau-firmware...

    sudo apt-get install --reinstall nouveau-firmware

    There are two resume parameters that I know of, and two that would effect the initramfs.

    Kernel parameter:

    1. In terminal... (permanent)...

      • sudo blkid # get a list of partitions and UUID's
      • sudo -H gedit /etc/default/grub # edit this file
      • find "quiet splash" and change it to something like "quiet splash resume=/dev/nvme0n1p3"
      • note: nvme0n1p3 should be your swap partition
      • sudo update-grub # update the grub files
      • reboot # reboot the computer

    2. via the GRUB menu... (temporary)...

      • hit the e key to enter edit mode
      • find "quiet splash"
      • change it to "quiet splash resume=/dev/nvme0n1p3
      • note: nvme0n1p3 should be your swap partition
      • control-x to continue booting...

    initramfs:

    1. In terminal...

      • sudo blkid # get a list of partitions and UUID's
      • sudo -H /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume # edit this file
      • RESUME=UUID=1e612fb7-d1f4-4a4a-a5bd-1ae6761c9bf0 # edit with correct UUID
      • note: UUID should be from swap partition
      • sudo update-initramfs -c -k $(uname -r) # update initrd.img
      • reboot # reboot the computer
    • 0