I am trying to stop x server so I can up date my nvidia drivers.
every time I use Ctrl-alt-F1 and type sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
it returns sudo /etc/init.d/gdm: command not found.
Any ideas?
Or do any of you know any other ways to stop x-server or install nvidia drivers?
What distro do you have?
It's saying you don't have /etc/init.d/gdm, so it probably has another name.
On Gentoo it's /etc/init.d/xdm, so yeah it can be whatever.
[QUOTE=sunny946;28437657]I am trying to stop x server so I can up date my nvidia drivers.
every time I use Ctrl-alt-F1 and type sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
it returns sudo /etc/init.d/gdm: command not found.
Any ideas?
Or do any of you know any other ways to stop x-server or install nvidia drivers?[/QUOTE]
What Distro, and version number/name??
Ubuntu 10.10
Try:
[I]Sudo gdm-stop[/I]
And when done
[I]Sudo gdm-start[/I]
If that fails to work, reboot and hold down shift during startup and install the driver via recovery mode.
Though I have no personal experience with Ubuntu's recovery mode.
If you want to install drivers, you can try going into init state number 3.
Try doing:
[i]sudo init 3[/i]
[i]nvidia drivers install stuff etc.[/i]
[i]reboot[/i]
Or you can boot directly to init state 3 by adding "3" in the end of your GRUB kernel options.
Good luck.
Starting in recovery mode worked
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