Tried: Code: dusf@banshee:~$ echo options nouveau modeset=0 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf [sudo] password for dusf: options nouveau modeset=0 dusf@banshee:~$ sudo update-initramfs -u update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of /dev/sda9 cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab But unfortunately after a reboot lspci -k still outputs: Code: Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidia-173, nvidia-current, nouveau, nvidiafb