NVidia Debian thread

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Bob Hemus wrote:
> I finally got around to screwing with my NVidia driver and have a
> problem.  Sure seems there was an easy way to switch from runninh x11 to
> a command line with our buggering up the etc/init.d/xfree86-common file
> in the start up.  I just can't find it in the Debian manual or by
> googling.  When I tried the /home/bob#
> 	sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9631-pkg1.run
> I get this error.  I had all of the x windows closed, but cannot
> remember how to temporarily shut down the x11 server.  Or reading the
> INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README.
>
> sh NVIDIA-LinuxERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit
> X before installing.  For
>         further details, please see the section INSTALLING THE NVIDIA
> DRIVER in the
>         README available on the Linux driver download page at
> www.nvidia.com.
> Thanks for every body's help and pastience.
> Bob
> PS Gotta quit now.  Wife is getting mean.  Try again tomorrow.

Debian thinks that they're too good to respect the runlevels that just 
about every other distro has treated as a standard.  So you need to do 
"/etc/init.d/gdm stop" to get X to shut down.  It lame & retarded.

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