On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:21:29 -0700 ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yo. I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must > turn off the xserver. In order to this, since I didn't know how, I > rebooted into runlevel one. Then the script complains about runlevel > one not being enough. Is runlevel one more of a rescure mode than > just a non-graphical mode? If so, what runlevel is non-graphical but > otherwise full. OR, how do I shutdown the xserver directly? -- I > could just boot into runlevel two, switch to a command line login, > login and shutdown the xserver from there, couldn't I? > > Sort me out. > > boot the thing on rc.2 , do CTRL+ALT+F1, u may need to hit it a couple of times, then you'll be in a text terminal, loggin and run this commands: /etc/init.d/gdm stop /etc/init.d/x11-common stop then give the installation another try []s rodrigo -- ========================================= \ .-. +++ Rodrigo Paes +++ \ / /v\ CCIE #14054 (R&S and SP) / \ // \\ LPIC2 #19753 \ / /( )\ Linux User #324449 / \ ^^-^^ \ / jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ gtalk : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ ========================================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
