hodgy Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 HiCan anyone tell me how quit XFree from the desktop?Or alternativly stop XFree from loading?I have just done a re-install of mandrake 9.1 and i need to re-installthe Nvidia driver.The previous install stopped at the Login/password stage beforeXFree loaded, so i was able to achieve the install,This occured after doing the software updates. But this time after doingthe updates i boot straight to the desktop. Gnome.Thanks Hodgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Sure we can tell you that Hodgy: GETTING IN TEXT MODE and SHUTTING DOWN XThere was a question in a thread about installing Nvidia drivers about how do I leave X and get the computer in text mode.Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or F2 to F6 ) Will get you out of XType:init 3 ( will get you in runlevel 3 ) ( this is the level you waht to be !!! )init 5 ( will get you back in runlevel 5 )Alt+F7 will get you back in XAll about runlevels you´ll find page 5 of ¨The Tips¨Even better is adapting the /etc/inittab file in vichange the line where it says : ¨init:5:initdefault¨ and change the 5 in a 3 !You have to be root to change the inittab file !! Reboot and you will be in text mode with internet access.After you´re done you change the level back to 5 !Have Fun Hodgy ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 I'm sure Bruno will arrive shortly, but one way that he mentioned was: "Ctrl+Alt+F1"edit: s-l-o-w typing, again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgy Posted June 18, 2003 Author Share Posted June 18, 2003 BrunoThanks for the info, Exactly what i needed to know Hodgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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