Re: avoid nvidia:

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> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Michael E. Adams wrote:
> 
> > I have been using the Nvidia driver for my Dell 8100 and its
> GeForce2 GO
> > video card through several flavors of Linux. Redhat, SuSE and now
> > Fedora. I never have had any problems. Once Fedora is installed and
> > running correctly:
> > 
> > 1. Down-load the driver from Nvidia.
> > 2. As user root (or su) edit the line in the /etc/inittab file that
> > reads 'id:5:initdefault' to read 'id:3:initdefault'. (leave out the
> > single quotes)
> > 3. Reboot (the x-server will not start up)
> 
> you could just switch to runlevel 3 with 
> 
> # init 3
> 
> do all your work, and switch back with
> 
> # init 5
> 
> no need to mess with /etc/inittab and rebooting.
> 
> rday


Most excellent! That does simplify things a great deal. Thanks for
pointing this out.

Later,
mea





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