[Linux Mint] Can't disable nouveau

출처 http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=109&p=306308

Have you put your machine to start WITHOUT X server running ?

Replace the in /etc/default/grub (sudo /kate /etc/default/grub)

the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

with this:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

and if there are someting like this (the " vga" statement can vary): GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" vga=795" 

replace it with:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

#1
and after that run: sudo update-grub

#2
and for to be sure run: sudo update-initramfs -u

#3
and after that run: sudo apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

I really dont know if the last step (#3) is nessceary .. well i think it will do no harm 

Reboot

Now you should boot into plain text terminal with no X server running

Now you should be able to install the Nvidia drivers