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Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 14 July 2003, 00:03
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.
Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: skyman8081 on 14 July 2003, 01:32
<Control> + <Alt> + <F1-6>
Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: Stryker on 14 July 2003, 01:45
ctrl+alt+f7 to get back to normal. Just in case ya didn't know
Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: solo on 14 July 2003, 03:41
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.
Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: Fett101 on 14 July 2003, 07:43
Turn off the monitor. *rimshot*
Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 15 July 2003, 14:24
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.
Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: Calum on 15 July 2003, 20:58
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.
Title: Exiting from an graphical display session
Post by: solo on 17 July 2003, 03:30
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.