On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 18:28 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 00:44 +0200, Bjørn Ivar Johnsen wrote: > > The only thing is that I do not know how to work this"# rpm -ivh > > http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm";... where do i enter this > > text? > > Hope you bear with me, I have never tried anything like this before. I > > suspect that I have to boot up, press "a" then "3", and then it should > > come > > to some interface where I can write this commands!?! > > Exactly. Or you could do what someone else suggested: boot normally and > when you get the flashing stripes hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 (i.e. hold down the > Control and Alt keys and hit the F1 function key). That will switch you > to Virtual Console number 1, which is a text-mode terminal. Log in as > root and then type the commands as Marcelo said. Don't you need to have X shutdown?? As root "init 3" will do that handily. Then install the driver. Then type "init 5" to go back into graphical mode. Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar https://oar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339 ----------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
