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Shutting down the X-Server
I am running Mandrake Linux 10.0 version
I downloaded the driver for the graphic card and tried to install. It refuses to install and complains that I am running X-server. I must shut it down. What is it? How do I shut it down? I don't have a server. Just a single computer. Please help me. |
The x-server is the driving force behind the graphical interface. KDE etc are like an overlay. I just went through this with my nvidia drivers. It becomes a command line task to do video drivers. On my box i had to do a /etc/init.d/gdm stop to shut down X. Then install the drivers. Doing that depends on the driver and how it is packaged.
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There is not init.d file on my system.
I found the following: init.d@ What shall I do now? I found the 'initlog.conf' file. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On another website suggests the following: 1] CTRL + ALT + F1 2] init 3 3] CTRL + ALT + F7 4] CTRL + ALT + F1 5] Now I can do the installing work 6] init 5 The problem is init 3 command doesn't accept. |
I downloaded the followng driver:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run The command CTRL + ALT +F1 works fine. It gives me a complete text screen. When I wrote init3 or init 3 , it doesn't recognize the command. I wrote init5 and init 5. It doesn't recognize. Then I tried to install by giving the following command: # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run It complained that the X server is running. I logged on as a root user, of course. What shall I do now? |
ctrl+alt+back space --> To shutdown x
startx --> To start x West |
Thanks mokele
CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE command just restarts the system. There must be some other command. |
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Thanks mokele
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