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12-03-2010, 10:47 AM
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Registered: Jun 2010
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How do I exit X server in order to install NVIDIA drivers?
I'm trying to install the latest NVIDIA drivers (not the ones provided by the 'Additional drivers' application). In order to install them, I need to exit the X-server and terminate all OpenGL processes.
How do I do that? I've seen many things like 'press ctrl-alt-backspace' and typing 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' but none of them work. I'm using Kubuntu 10.10 and gdm doesn't even exist.
Thanks for any help
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12-03-2010, 10:59 AM
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Fargo, ND
Distribution: SuSE AMD64
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Open one of the virtual terminals (e.g. CTRL-ALT-F3)
Log in and enter "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop"
On non-debian systems you could enter "sudo /sbin/init 3" to enter single user non-graphical mode.
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12-03-2010, 11:29 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 11,789
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Quote:
Originally Posted by protolocke
I'm trying to install the latest NVIDIA drivers (not the ones provided by the 'Additional drivers' application). In order to install them, I need to exit the X-server and terminate all OpenGL processes.
How do I do that? I've seen many things like 'press ctrl-alt-backspace' and typing 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' but none of them work. I'm using Kubuntu 10.10 and gdm doesn't even exist.
Thanks for any help
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Get a console open, and type in "sudo init 3". That may work as well. |
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12-03-2010, 10:25 PM
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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Fargo, ND
Distribution: SuSE AMD64
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TB0ne
Get a console open, and type in "sudo init 3". That may work as well.
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This Wiki article has tables for how the init levels are used for different distributions.
Last edited by jschiwal; 12-03-2010 at 10:30 PM.
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12-04-2010, 10:12 AM
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Registered: Jun 2010
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