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bkskaggs 11-06-2006 11:10 PM
Problem installing Nvidia drivers
 
During installation of the Nvidia (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8776-pkg1.run) drivers I get this message.



Quote:
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing. For further details, please see the section INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
What do I need to do here? I checked the /etc/modules file to possibly remove the current drivers but there is nothing listed there.

Thanks.

The_Outlander 11-07-2006 02:35 AM
If Ubuntu does not install the driver automatically you need to be out of X in a lower run level (1 or 3) that provides a text console only. Then the driver will install without complaining.
The selection of run levels varies from distro to distro, so some research may be needed where Ubuntu is concerned.

Spudgun88 11-07-2006 04:22 AM
You can install the nVidia drivers using apt-get, if you like.

TuxSurfer 11-07-2006 07:31 AM
You just need to stop X. From your desktop, which I assume is Gnome if you are using Ubuntu, do ctrl>alt>F1 then once you are at the command prompt type /etc/init.d/gdm stop that should stop X. Once you have the driver installed either just reboot or type /etc/init.d/gdm start
Alternately you could just log in in safe mode, install the driver then reboot. Hope this helps. :)
BTW: You will need root privileges to do this.

bkskaggs 11-07-2006 08:27 AM
Thanks, I will try this later.


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