Unable to Kill X
Hi
for the life of me I am unable to kill x so I can install the nvidia driver. I have tried CTRL+ALT+F2 - takes me to the vector login prompt but it appears X is still running. /etc/init.d/xdm stop - no such file or directory. after login in at the vector prompt I tried killx and kill -x, kill +x, kill -sigwinch how do I kill x in vector? |
first try
init 3 this should bring you to runlevel 3 which shouldn't have x running but depending on your system x may still be running in runlevel3 so if that doesn't work try these if you use startx try: killall X or kill your display manager killall xdm or for kde killall kdm or gnome killall gdm |
Thanks
init 3 worked perfectly, I did try the others as a matter of curiosity but they returned no processes killed. NVIDIA installed like a charm. |
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