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Well if you aren't running a display manager you can just hit cntl-alt-backspace. If you are running kdm or gdm though you can do /etc/init.d/kdm stop and then do the previous thing I mentioned (on debian based distros atleast, you didnt say what you're using)
If you can't log out of your X Session to a command prompt, open a console in X and type:
Code:
su
Enter your root password, then type:
Code:
init 3
This should kick X off and bring you to a command prompt. Make sure your NVIDIA*.run file is saved to a convenient location. I usually like '/home/user/' and make sure it is executable with
It could be that by using su instead of su -, you didn't get root's environment settings. Try it with su - or use the full path to init (or telinit) - /sbin/init or /sbin/telinit
After some Googling, I found a howto on NVIDIA drivers in FC. It recommends init 3. I think gilead is right, specific paths or 'su -' should do the trick. Here's the How To:
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