has anyone simply recommended the OP to boot into "recovery mode"??
Your grub menu will have had it. if you don't see Grub menu come up edit /boot/grub/menu.lst find the timeout value to 10 or something, then you'll have a number of boot options, probably Ubuntu 9.04 `uname -r` and Ubuntu 9.04 `uname -r` (Recovery Mode) Boot into the second one. It'll drop you to a root shell, you may have to /etc/init.d/networking start to get your interwebz and certain system services won't be running but it won't load X and you should be able to install the nvidia drivers. Another question: WHY AREN'T YOU USING APT FOR ISNTALLING THAT DRIVER?? >apt-cache search nvidia it'll be nvidia-glx-XXX where XXX is a version number for the gfx card you want (legacy use 73, middle level 96 and cutting edge cards use... 176? the last one.) >sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-XXX Regards. On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:03 PM, AZ Rune <arizona.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Larry I have two off comming up and I will see what I can do to make > that happen. > > Brian > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Dazed_75 <lthiels...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Possible solution below (only this comment top posted). >> >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Dazed_75 <lthiels...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps I am way off base here but why are you expecting runlevel 3 to >>> not run X? Yes, that was the SysVinit definition, but has not been used in >>> debian or ubuntu in a long time: >>> >>> http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-and-ubuntu-linux-run-levels.html >>> >>> I think I read that Fedora, RedHat had started using upstart but I don't >>> know whether they kept the runlevel definintions they used previously like >>> in RH9: >>> >>> >>> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-boot-init-shutdown-sysv.html >>> >>> The confusion in usage of runlevels by different systems is made much >>> clearer in this wikiperia article: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel >>> >>> So again, I may be off base here, but it seems to me there is no way in >>> ubuntu 9.04 to do what you want without editing some of the services out of >>> some runlevel (2-5) before tryiing to enter it and expecting X not to run. >>> IOW, runlevel 2-5 are all the same un debian/ubuntu UNLESS you change their >>> definition first. >>> >>> Hmmm, I just realized that for their server edition, they probably have >>> done so already. I don't have ne installed to look at. >>> >>> -- >>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >>> >> >> Take a look at the following but read down a ways to find the solution >> that did work for someone: >> >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/78408/how-do-i-change-default-runlevel-in-ubuntu >> >> >> -- >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> > -- Thanks and best regards, Ryan Rix TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog (623)-239-1103 <-- Grand Central, baby! Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace.
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