problem with Xorg

[Jimmy Wu]

I forgot to mention that I have a really old Graphics card (RIVA TNT), so I
have to use the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7185-pkg1.run, but I still need to exit
X somehow

On 7/6/07, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When I start the install with the sh command, it starts normally, but then
> tells me that I have an X server running and I need to exit X before
> installing.
> So how do I do that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jimmy
>
> On 7/5/07, Njoku, George <njokug at winthrop.edu> wrote:
> >
> >  Have you installed/reinstalled nvidia drivers……note that nvidia got
> > their own linux drivers in website
> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
> >
> > You might want to give it a try.
> >
> >
> >
> > Note: you'll have to switch to runlevel 2
> >
> > #init 2
> >
> > Then run …
> >
> >
> >
> > #sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:
> > ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Wu
> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:14 PM
> > *To:* Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
> > *Subject:* Re: problem with Xorg
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks to all who responded with suggestions.
> >
> > I really appreciate your help.
> >
> >
> >
> > @Frank: I did the dpkg-reconfigure, and then I restarted gdm (sudo
> > /etc/init.d/gdm restart) and now I have my desktop again. Thank you :-)
> >
> >
> > There still seems to be a problem though:
> >
> > glxinfo gives me some error messages, and glxgears isn't working either.
> >
> >
> >
> > When I find away to copy the output of glxinfo over to this computer,
> > I'll post it.
> >
> > glxgears gives me something like
> >
> > Error: Couldn't get RGB, Double Buffered Visual
> >
> >
> >
> > Jimmy
> >
> >
> >
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