[SOLVED] Nouveau will not uninstall to allow for nvidia drivers

[galen]

Tried and can not get rid of nouveau.
I've battled nouveau for several years.
The GUI tool seems to properly install all nvidia304 & components.
But nouveau will simply not remove itself. Several reboots and checks. grub updates etc.
I've purged nouveau but it is still there! wow

LL2.0
nv49 video card
nvidia304

[Valtam]

Is your computer currently using the proprietary driver?

[galen]

well, no
nouveau will not remove itself
nvidia 304 is listed as installed
/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk --open-tab=4

lsmod |grep nouv

nouveau              969577  2
mxm_wmi                12893  1 nouveau
wmi                    18673  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
video                  18903  1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit          13197  1 nouveau
ttm                    72725  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper        48868  1 nouveau
drm                  244037  4 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau

[galen]

after some time and updates,
something got triggered to rebuild initrd
now nvidia is active