[LBo] runlevel in Debian

Niki Kovacs contact at kikinovak.net
Sun May 6 19:45:41 CEST 2007


Rafi Gabzu a écrit :
> Hi ,
> In order to install Nvidia driver I need to stop X server ,
> how do I do it with Debian,  and in which run level (to get to text mode 
> ) ?

What you can do is:

Switch to text console with Ctrl + Alt + F6

Log in as root.

# /etc/init.d/gdm stop

That is, if you use GDM. If you use kdm, then change accordingly.

Install your NVidia driver, and then:

# /etc/init.d/gdm start

You don't even need to reboot.

Cheers,

Niki Kovacs
-- 
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