stupid question about exiting X

artofluke · 03-29-2005, 11:15 PM

I just installed debian sarge and need to exit x11 to install nvidia drivers. I ctrl+alt+backspace, and it sends me to the graphical user login. Then I ctrl+alt+backspace again, and it resets to graphical login...

uberNUT69 · 03-29-2005, 11:38 PM

to stop X (or actually your display manager) from restarting
go to a terminal (ctrl+alt+f1) and as root
type:
/etc/init.d/xdm stop

this command will be different depending on:
1. The display manager you use, ie xdm,kdm,gdm
2. The location of the scripts for your distro.

The above is for Debian.

vharishankar · 03-29-2005, 11:39 PM

You can open a virtual console by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 to F6 without quitting X.

Press CTRL+ALT+F1 (first virtual terminal) and then close X by pressing CTRL+C.

That should help.