Hi guys
i was wondering how i could close the Xserver in order to install the display drivers for my nVIDIA GeForce MX4000
I have tryed following the instructions provided by the ppl form nVIDIA but i run into a bit of a problem...

I'm running SUSE 9.1 on a AMD sempron 2200+ with a ASUS K7v8x-x MB
512MB DDR, 80GB HDD, nVIDIA Geforce MX4000 128MB,

The instructions to install the drivers were:

1) Kernel sources must be installed and configured. Usually this means installing the 'kernel-source', 'make' and 'gcc' packages with YaST2. Update it - if not already done - via YaST2 Online Update (YOU).

2) Use the nvidia installer for 1.0-8178.

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run -q

3) Configure XFree86 with

sax2 -m 0=nvidia (0 is a digit, not a letter!)

NOTE: There is no need to try to enable 3D support. It's already enabled, when the nvidia driver is running.

THE ERROR I GET WHEN TRYING TO RUN THE FIRST COMMAND sh NVIDIA... etc IS THIS

NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-8178)

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing. For further details, please see the chapter "Installing the NVIDIA Driver" in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
OK

NVIDIA Software Installer for Unix/Linux www.nvidia.com


i WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD TELL ME HOW TO TURN OFF THE xSERVER SO THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL DISPLAY ADAPTER.

Thank you!!

Login as root in in a consol screen, (hit ctrl-alt-F1 for example from X and login as root) and type

init 3

and when you are done running the sh nvidia-installer type

init 5

What you are doing is changing the runlevel.


Here is a guide in my /etc/inittab file in Fedora that explains this,

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

Thanks i managed just fine without finding the init file i jsut used the CTRL+ALT+F1 and set the init to 3 installed the driver and then set it back to 5 and it works great.

Thanks alot!!!

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but does changing the runlevel with "init" kill any X11 programs that are running by other users?

Thanks!

thanks so much. this worked perfectly

cheers