Solved. Simple, yet simple things are the hardest to solve sometimes.
1. With the nvidia card still installed, need to boot in single user mode. Press e at grub. 2. Add 1 at the end of linux line, after ro 3. Press F10 or ctrl-x, to boot in single user (text) mode. This is required. You can't have x already loaded, or you will get an error message about nvidia-drm. 4. Navigate to you nvidia installer, something like NVIDIA-x86_64-1895.run Run it WITH the flag --uninstall sh NVIDIA-x86_64-1984.run --uninstall That is the trick! What I don't know is how to solve this issue had the nvidia card failed :-( i couldn't do much of anything. On June 30, 2019 5:36:30 PM GMT+02:00, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: >Esteban L composed on 2019-06-30 12:54 (UTC+0200): > >> Been beating my head against a wall. Had a fully functional and >stable setup >> (9.x, stretch) with nvidia gtx 1060. Needed to swap out video card >for an amd >> radeon rx 580. I knew it would be a problem, and sometimes I hate it >when I am >> right :-( > >> Now, i can't boot. I hang on a "amdgpuxxxxx" to EFI VGA message. > >> I don't have onboard video to fall back on. I could put the nvidia >card back >> in, and I assume my machine would boot again. > >> But, are there any steps on how I can get the amd driver installed, >so that my >> system boots again?? > >Most NVidia users taint their installation with non-FOSS NVidia video >drivers. >These must be removed according to the instructions that accompanied >installation, >as they replace at least one library that prevents all competent FOSS >DDX from >working automagically, or at all. >-- >Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > >Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
