On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 00:59, drew martin wrote: > On Wednesday 23 Jul 2003 3:34 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 23:42, drew martin wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > How do I turn off Xsever?So I can install some new video driver.I > > > have tied everything I can think off. > > > I'm running MDK 9.1,I've work out how to get to the folder in a > > > Terminal,bu keep getting the error message"you apper to be running a X > > > sever please,turn off". > > > The drivers are the new Nvidia ones for my TNT2 > > > Drew > > > > Set your system to boot into runlevel 3 -> after that, then you can > > safely install the video driver - and test it by starting X with > > "startx" - then once you're satisfied that the driver works correctly, > > reset the system runlevel to 5 (graphical login) > Hi Stephen, > How do you do this?Dummy needs walk thought cause I'm > complete Newbie. > Drew
kedit /etc/inittab Change where the "default" is set to 5 to 3 -> reboot. Change your driver or do what you need to do. Then when you're happy with it all, change the runlevel back. -- Thu Jul 24 01:55:00 EST 2003 01:55:00 up 9 days, 17:58, 3 users, load average: 0.63, 0.58, 0.34 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * compuberty, n: The uncomfortable period of emotional and hormonal changes a computer experiences when the operating system is upgraded and a sun4 is put online sharing files.
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