On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:17:42PM -0400, Greg Swallow wrote: > Just want to be sure. The instructions from nVidia are not real precise > on the point of exiting X and/or booting to something other than > runlevel 5. > > Is the a key stroke/combination to exit X in FC2? And, to set my default > runlevel do I only need to edit my /etc/inittab lines: > > id:5:initdefault: (changing 5 to 3) > x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon (changing 5 to 3) > > As I recall I can leave the runlevel at 3 and use 'startx' to Start X > until which time I am satisfied with the driver installation? > > If there is something I am missing I would like to get it before I start > on this installation. I remember when I used IBM OS/2 Warp and upgrading > to faster video driver incorrectly could really do a number on a system. > > -- > Thanks for your support, > It is really simple. If you are in X type ctl-alt-F1 and that will put you in a terminal. Login as root. Then use the command : init 3 to take you to init level 3. Then run the NVIDIA installer. Change the video driver line in /etc/X11/XF86Config from nv to nvidia. Comment out the LOAD dri line if it exists. And type: init 5 Then X should come back up. After that remember to do ctl-alt-F1 again to log off the terminal you were in, and then ctl-alt-F7 to return to X. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
