Exiting from an graphical display session

[TheKnifeThrower]

I have a question. I have recently downloaded a driver from the nvidia website for my graphics card. The install says I can't run it on a terminal inside a window manager. I know how to install it but how do I escape to a terminal session from inside the graphical display without it being permanent.

[skyman8081]

<Control> + <Alt> + <F1-6>

[Stryker]

ctrl+alt+f7 to get back to normal. Just in case ya didn't know

[solo]

no, he needs to CLOSE the X server.

what ya do is press ctrl+alt+f1 then login as root and type telinit 3.

then when the messages stop press enter and youll see that your prompt is back. then run the nvidia setup. once its done, type telinit 5 and X will pop up. then go back to ctrl+alt+f1, type exit to logout and then ctrl+alt+f7 to get to X. youll know that the driver setup is successful if, when X starts, you see it flash a few times and show the nVidia logo.

[Fett101]

Turn off the monitor. *rimshot*

[TheKnifeThrower]

quote:Originally posted by Fury: Freedom Fighter:
no, he needs to CLOSE the X server.

what ya do is press ctrl+alt+f1 then login as root and type telinit 3.

then when the messages stop press enter and youll see that your prompt is back. then run the nvidia setup. once its done, type telinit 5 and X will pop up. then go back to ctrl+alt+f1, type exit to logout and then ctrl+alt+f7 to get to X. youll know that the driver setup is successful if, when X starts, you see it flash a few times and show the nVidia logo.

Thanks for the help.

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by Fury: Freedom Fighter:
no, he needs to CLOSE the X server.

what ya do is press ctrl+alt+f1 then login as root and type telinit 3.

then when the messages stop press enter and youll see that your prompt is back. then run the nvidia setup. once its done, type telinit 5 and X will pop up. then go back to ctrl+alt+f1, type exit to logout and then ctrl+alt+f7 to get to X. youll know that the driver setup is successful if, when X starts, you see it flash a few times and show the nVidia logo.

not always.
in slackware for example, they have runlevel 4 (not 5) set up as the X User runlevel, so you would do ctrl-alt-f1, then login as root, do "init 3" then do your thang, then do "init 4 && exit" to get back to the GUI runlevel and logout of root.

just mentioning it.

[solo]

quote:Originally posted by Calum:


not always.
in slackware for example, they have runlevel 4 (not 5) set up as the X User runlevel, so you would do ctrl-alt-f1, then login as root, do "init 3" then do your thang, then do "init 4 && exit" to get back to the GUI runlevel and logout of root.

just mentioning it.

Yeah I know, I've used slackware. I thought he said he had redhat tho. Meh bad. Yeah, in slackware typing telinit 5 wouldnt have done anything, it wouldve just stayed at the terminal.