MisterESauce
Member
okay guys, total n00b question... i need to quit x to instal my nvidia drivers but i don't know how. i tried ctrl-alt-F1 to get to a shell prompt but it can still see x running. how do i quit it completely?
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exit x in fc3
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MisterESauce
Member
bash: stopx: command not found...
Change your /etc/inittab file from something resembling :
id:5:initdefault:
to :
id:3:initdefault:
That will change your runlevel to 3 so it won't startup X for you automagically. Go ahead and install and then change it back to 5 so you can startup in X again. The command 'startx' will launch X while in command line.
Hope this helps!
-silver
id:5:initdefault:
to :
id:3:initdefault:
That will change your runlevel to 3 so it won't startup X for you automagically. Go ahead and install and then change it back to 5 so you can startup in X again. The command 'startx' will launch X while in command line.
Hope this helps!
-silver
Hyperblaze
Lifer
ctrl-alt-f1
ps -aux | grep X
root 10411 10399 0 Jan31 ? 00:01:36 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-XW9AcJ vt7
You'll get something like this....
kill -9 process number (in this case...10411)
ps -aux | grep X
root 10411 10399 0 Jan31 ? 00:01:36 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-XW9AcJ vt7
You'll get something like this....
kill -9 process number (in this case...10411)
Crusty
Lifer
first off you need to kill either gdm kdm or xdm, whichever one you are running.
you can look at the processes by doing: ps -ax
then just kill the proccess for gdm,kdm, or xdm.
either by doing: killall gdm, killall kdm, killall xdm
or by using the pid for the process: kill <pid>
Then a simple ctrl-alt-backspace will dump to you to a shell. Login as root, cd to where your drivers are located and install them.
There is no need to change runlevels, or edit any files.
you can look at the processes by doing: ps -ax
then just kill the proccess for gdm,kdm, or xdm.
either by doing: killall gdm, killall kdm, killall xdm
or by using the pid for the process: kill <pid>
Then a simple ctrl-alt-backspace will dump to you to a shell. Login as root, cd to where your drivers are located and install them.
There is no need to change runlevels, or edit any files.
MisterESauce
Member
okay cool! thanks to you guys i got the driver installed but during the process it told me of a conflict with 'rivafb' which said that if both were used simultaneously the nvidia driver would not work. hence i haven't yet changed my xorg.conf file to use the new drivers. does anyone know what this 'rivafb' file is and whether i need it (and if not how to remove it)? thanks a lot!
Hyperblaze
Lifer
probably in
/lib/modules/<kernel-version>/kernel/ (somewhere in there, I'm not entirely sure)
if you want to remove old driver, make sure it is not loaded in /etc/modules.conf
reboot.
rivafb is a kernel module (driver) that allows direct access to the framebuffer (direct memory access) on the video card. Designed for Nvidia cards, it can conflict with the normal operation of the 3d drivers.
You tend to use it on the console to get graphics without X and to get high resolution text on the console. Not normally used... The driver is just warning you that the kernel has support for rivafb and not to use it if your using the Nvida drivers.
You check to see if it is in use by (as root) going:
lsmod
and it will show you the current list of modules being used. I don't think anybody uses by default... If you have it in use you need to rmmod it, by going:
rmmod rivafb
If it complains that it is in use then goto /lib/modules/yourkernelverion and find the rivafb.ko file. Then mv that to a safe place, but out of the way (like your /root directory) then reboot. The kernel may look for it, but it won't be able to find it and so you would then be able to use the nvidia drivers with no problem.
Just change the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in the 'device' section change driver from "nv" to "nvidia" and make sure that in the "modules" section there is one for glx loaded and you should be fine.
You tend to use it on the console to get graphics without X and to get high resolution text on the console. Not normally used... The driver is just warning you that the kernel has support for rivafb and not to use it if your using the Nvida drivers.
You check to see if it is in use by (as root) going:
lsmod
and it will show you the current list of modules being used. I don't think anybody uses by default... If you have it in use you need to rmmod it, by going:
rmmod rivafb
If it complains that it is in use then goto /lib/modules/yourkernelverion and find the rivafb.ko file. Then mv that to a safe place, but out of the way (like your /root directory) then reboot. The kernel may look for it, but it won't be able to find it and so you would then be able to use the nvidia drivers with no problem.
Just change the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in the 'device' section change driver from "nv" to "nvidia" and make sure that in the "modules" section there is one for glx loaded and you should be fine.
Hyperblaze
Lifer
but if he is using console....then whether or not he has a video driver loaded....is irrevelant right?
edit: n/m...I forgot the driver was loaded on boot up. eugh. This is what happens when I lack sleep.
Hyperblaze
Lifer
which *could* happen you know!
When I was getting arch linux running for the first few times, till I figured out about the frame buffer component in the kernel, it was running without it!
lots of fun having the console in a tiny little square of your screen. lol.
MisterESauce
Member
okay, awesome. well the 'lsmod' command didn't work for me but as far as i can tell the rivafb file is not in use (i have no rivafb.ko file). i also have no /etc/modules.conf. i have /etc/modprobe.conf and there's nothing in there about rivafb so i'll modify my xorg.conf file and see what happens 😉
Hyperblaze
Lifer
Sorry. I have absolutely no experience with fedora core 3.
I had enough of Redhat after redhat 9 and fc3 looks a tad too much like redhat 9 for me to even bother burning the iso and installing it.
I was looking at files off my gentoo server when telling you the location of files.
If fc3 doesn't have the same location for files...Not much I can help you with in that area.
edit: did you do a full install of fc3?
Hyperblaze
Lifer
fixed 🙂
Hyperblaze
Lifer
Woops. I stand corrected. Sorry drag.
MisterESauce
Member
hey guys, well i suceeded in messing my system up real bad by editing the xorg.conf file! had to figure out how to change it back from the command line 'cuz x wouldn't boot, hence i haven't been on here in a few days.
i did exactly what the help file told me to do: i changed the 'driver' value to "nvidia" and removed the "load dri" bit and that's all. anyone have any ideas on what else i can do to make it work?
i did exactly what the help file told me to do: i changed the 'driver' value to "nvidia" and removed the "load dri" bit and that's all. anyone have any ideas on what else i can do to make it work?
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