On Saturday 14 June 2003 00:27, Alan Wardroper wrote:
Sounds like you're in the wrong runlevel. Edit /etc/inittab
id:5:default: Should read id:3:default:
then you'll be able to boot into the console or kill X once it's running.
At 08:31 PM 6/13/2003 +0100, you wrote:
I have tried ctrl+alt+x, ctrl+alt+backspace, and killall X as a root user under a virtual console
and neither kill X, it just starts up again.
I need to kill it to install my Nvidia drivers
Does anybody know how to kill it
George
try killall -9 X Or, assuming your running KDE. First logout of kde as different user, this should bring you to the default KDE login screen. Once your there, do "crtl+alt+F1" (w/o qoutes). This will bring you to tty1 and should look like the a dos prompt environ - the console. Now type in root - enter, then give password - enter. Now, once your logged in as root, type init 3 or if you like telinit 3, This brings it to run level 3 and shut down X. So, if by chance your curious then you can hit "crtl+alt+F7 and notice that there's nothing really there (except maybe an unusable blink cursor), and then hit crt+alt+F1 to go back to where you were. From here you can install the nvidia drivers. Also, crtl+alt+F1 through F6 will give you 6 consoles to work from. This can be useful, as you may discover and if your in the gui, say kde (at init level 5) then you can still hit crtl+alt+F(1-6) and use the console without have to kill X. I would stay init 3 not only to install the nvidia drivers but to use SaX2 to config my Xserver to use the GLX drivers for 3D. You can give the command: sax2 or sax2 -m 0=nvidia Config you card, monitor and resolutions here, after you done and haven't had any problems or resolved any you do then issue init 5 and you go back to the kde login screen. if X won't start and gives you error messages and goes back to the console then your going to have to figure out, by reading the error messages it gives you what went wrong. If you need to go into the gui to search the web or use Kmail to ask the list another question then you may need to edit your XF86Config file and change the drivers back to the default. Do: pico /etc/XF86Config Look for this section Section "Device" BoardName "GeForce3 Ti 200" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Screen 0 Option "Rotate" "off" Option "NoLogo" "1" Option "mmio" "1" VendorName "NVidia" EndSection and change the Driver "nvidia" to Driver "nv" Then hit crtl+o (to write out the changes) and crtl+c (to close the program) Then type Init 5 again. If you already in init 5 then type init 3 and then after you get the prompt a gain type init 5 and you should be back in the kde login. Forgive me if I'm seem to be condescending or talking down to you. I don't know you level of experience and want to get you through this. If you familiar with this then just disregard this. HTH, Curtis.