Re: runlevels

[Kees de Koster <keesdekoster@gmail.com>]

In article <7dTYU-4Pk-21@gated-at.bofh.it>, ChadDavis wrote:
> Yo.   I'm installing a nvidia driver, and the script says you must
> turn off the xserver.  In order to this, since I didn't know how, I
> rebooted into runlevel one.  Then the script complains about runlevel
> one not being enough.  Is runlevel one more of a rescure mode than
> just a non-graphical mode?  If so, what runlevel is non-graphical but
> otherwise full.  OR, how do I shutdown the xserver directly? -- I
> could just boot into runlevel two, switch to a command line login,
> login and shutdown the xserver from there, couldn't I?
>
> Sort me out.
>
>

You can also try, depending on which loginmanager you are using,

# /etc/init.d/gdm stop

or

# /etc/init.d/kdm stop

or so, adjust on you own needs ;-)

Kees
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