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Revert back to Nouveau drivers

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I was trying to install the proprietary nvidia drivers for my optimus laptop. This resulted in my GUI disappearing, I can only see my desktop background (can still open terminal and right-click the desktop to get into options). I have followed lots of tutorials that don't result in any change. How can I switch back to the Nouveau drivers that are already installed?
I have an nvidia 660m with optimus

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answered 3 Years ago brellked · Accepted Answer

Ok, I found the solution to my problem. After going through all the driver changes that I did, the unity plugin became disabled in Compiz. To fix this, open a terminal, type ccsm to open Compiz, then enable the 'Ubuntu Unity Plugin' and disable all the conflicts and reboot. That seems to have fixed my problems. Turns out it was only loosely a driver problem after all.