Hi Onkar On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I downloaded the driver, and I have a chicken and egg situation it seems. > I > > can not install the driver because X server is running, I can stop X > server > > if I boot to a root shell from the grub menu, but that is runlevel 1 and > the > > driver installer is complaining about that. What to do? > > Did you try to use Ctrl + Alt + F1 from GDM screen to go to console? Yes, I did that. And from there I even tried to give a command 'gdm stop' (with and without sudo). > By the way, installing drivers from upstream is not recommended > because you never know what will break. You should try to solve your > problem in some other way. I was trying to install only because I can not do persistent settings any other way. > What does the screen resolution say about available resolutions? Why > are you using nvidia specific tools to manage resolution? > Do you have all updates installed (specifically linux-restricted-modules)? available resolutions are 1366x768 and below. Trying to use nvidia specific tools because I could not do persistent settings any other way so trying this way. linux-restricted-modules are installed, not all updates. I am on a WLL CDMA internet connection, and that too far away from the tower so speeds are very low. Can't do all updates. Thanks, Moz
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