$ sudo rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-nvidia --nodeps Driver already disabled. /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.87710: line 18: syntax error: unexpected end of file error: %preun(xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-1.0.9746-10.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 $ sudo rpm -q --scripts xorg-x11-drv-nvidia [snip] preun: if [ "$1" -eq "0" ]; then # Disable driver on final removal /etc/rc.d/init.d/nvidia stop &>/dev/null test -f /usr/sbin/nvidia-config-display && /usr/sbin/nvidia-config-display disable ||: /sbin/chkconfig --del nvidia ||: fi || : # Remove all entries of nvidia/NVdriver from modprobe.conf # Start using modprobe.d as of FC5 # This can be removed eventually # Make a backup of the backup if [ -f /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia-glx ]; then mv /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia-glx /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia || : if [ -f /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia ]; then mv /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia-old || : fi mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia || : grep -v -E -e "^alias +[^ ]+ +(nvidia|NVdriver)" -e "options nvidia " /etc/modprobe.conf.backup-nvidia > /etc/modprobe.conf || :