On 27/05/2015, Stuart Longland <stua...@longlandclan.yi.org> wrote: > On 27/05/15 18:33, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 27/05/2015, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote: >>> On Wed, 27 May 2015 16:15:36 +0800 >>> Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Or, is a way available, without causing damage, that I can do >>>> something like go to a console (<CTRL><ALT<F1>) and turn off, from >>>> there, the xserver, so as to enable the installation? >>> >>> It depends on what display manager you are using, if it is for >>> example lightdm then simply kill that, and X will shut down. >>> >>> Try "sudo pkill lightdm". >>> >>> Petter >>> >> >> It is gnome. >> >> > > Another option, drop to single user mode, hit CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to a > console screen, log in as root, then run `telinit s` and that should get > you back to single user mode. > > When you're done, `telinit 3` to get back to multi-user mode. > -- > Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) >
The telinit s command, whilst taking the computer to single user mode, unfortunately did not turn off the GUI, so I still got the same error. It is unfortunate that nVidia does not simply provide a .deb package, that would allow me to install the package using a package manager, then reboot the computer, to get the graphics adaptor working. It has all become quite difficult, to simply get a computer to work. Maybe, after another year or two,I will be able to get the computer to work.... -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8opdorstkqfgmtkncw8tsvndopytexkohauwmvr3we...@mail.gmail.com
