<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Muzer <<a href="mailto:muzerakascooby@gmail.com">muzerakascooby@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:24:01 -0500 > Gary Kirkpatrick <<a href="mailto:pegngary@gmail.com">pegngary@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Gary Kirkpatrick >> <<a href="mailto:pegngary@gmail.com">pegngary@gmail.com</a>>wrote: >> >> >>> Having trouble installing. How do you terminate X? control alt >>> backspace does notwork. Instructions say to load into VGA and I >>> have no idea how to do that. >>> thanks >>> >>> gary >>> >>> >> Also control/alt/F1 does notwork. Sudo sh >> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.14-pkg1.run says I am running X still. >> > > Jaunty? > I've not followed the thread but you can always hit it with this hammer: > sudo killall gdm (or kdm or xdm, whichever you use) > and see what that gets you. Out of X, I'll bet. Others don't agree with > that method but It Works For Me. > Then you might want to enable that well-known and so very useful but > unfortunately disabled command, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace again. There is > bound to be someone who will tell you how. I saw it in a .sig just > today, too. > I just don't remember whose .sig it was. > > Cybe R. Wizard > </div>Safer is sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop </blockquote><div> Thanks for the last few suggestions. Traveling and have not had a chance to work on this the last 2 days but will again soon. gary </div></div>