Hello! On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 11:20:02AM +0200, Elie De Brauwer wrote: > ^^^^^ Please don't cut the references here. > > > > I think this thread is pretty self-explanatory. Actually, I want to > > > > install the binary nVidia drivers, and they require me to shut down > > > > the X server. Unfortunately, when using the ctrl-alt-backspace > > > > interrupt, X instantly respawns. > > > > > > Open a terminal, su to root, then type > > > > > > init 1 > > > > > > > Huh, going to single user just to shut down a single service? > > > > > do your business of installing and the like. When finished type > > > > > > init 5 > > > > > > to get back to graphical login, or > > > > > > init 3 > > > > > > to get to console-based login. > > > > On Debian systems the runlevels 3 and 5 are identical by default, > > unless explicitely modified by root. > > Open a console, su root, do a ps -aux and look search for something like wdm, gdm, kdm, xdm, ... Rather search by grepping: pgrep -l [wgkx]dm > then type /etc/init.d/[wgkx]dm stop. > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace your X you'll be in console than and when you want to restart the [wgkx]dm I don't use any [wgkx]dm myself, but some people in this thread claimed X will shut down after /etc/init.d/[wgkx]dm stop already... > do /etc/init.d/[wgkx]dm stop ^^^^ You mean "start" here. > (change [wgkx]dm by the one you found in your ps -aux ) > > Solves everything without having to change runlevel ;-) True, but this solution was already posted some time ago in this thread. Cheers, Flo
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