Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)
On 2011-06-11 11:20 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Sb, 11 iun 11, 10:56:28, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2011-06-11 10:30 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>
>> > On Vi, 10 iun 11, 15:09:49, Rohit Vaidya wrote:
>> >> For NVidia driver installation the Xorg should not be kept running.
>> >
>> > Why not? Using the Debian packages I never had any issues with that.
>>
>> The NVidia installer tries to load the kernel module when it's finished,
>> and any previous version has to be unloaded first which is not possible
>> when X is running. There are some commandline options to override that
>> behavior, but by default the installer will abort if X is running.
>
> You meant the official nvidia installer?
Yes, sorry if this wasn't clear.
Sven
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