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I just got Fedora 7 installed, and I am looking to install the new NVIDIA driver for my 8800 GTS card.
However, I have tried (following instructions..) to do this in the Terminal Console, but it tells me I need to exit the X server.
How can I do this?
The boot loader is Grub, is there something that I can edit to boot to console instead of starting the X Server at boot time?
However, I have tried (following instructions..) to do this in the Terminal Console, but it tells me I need to exit the X server.
How can I do this?
The boot loader is Grub, is there something that I can edit to boot to console instead of starting the X Server at boot time?
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kevp75
You don't have to edit grub. Boot up as normal and hit ctrl-alt-F1 when you are at the GUI login prompt. It should bring you to a console login and allow you to do what you want. ctrl-alt-F7 will bring you back to the GUI login prompt.
ASKER
ok. Now when trying to install the driver, it still errors out telling me I am running X Server.
ASKER
nevermind, I figured it out. I had to append the # 3 to the end of the boot arguments and that got me into the console on boot....no on to other problems....
Thank you anyways
Thank you anyways
Additional info if the author re-reads this. From a command line when in gui mode, you can quit X by issuing the command 'init 3' without quotes, this will shut down runlevel 5 (the gui level) and drop you to a command prompt.
You can also use:
init 2 - single user mode with no networking
init 3 - shell mode with networking
init 5 - gui mode with networking
Also, if you need to restart X when its running, just press CTRL - ALT - BACKSPACE, this is a halfway equivelant to ctl alt delete.
You can also use:
init 2 - single user mode with no networking
init 3 - shell mode with networking
init 5 - gui mode with networking
Also, if you need to restart X when its running, just press CTRL - ALT - BACKSPACE, this is a halfway equivelant to ctl alt delete.
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thanks kb