Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 11/06/11 19:16, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 10:56 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2011-06-11 10:30 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >>> On Vi, 10 iun 11, 15:09:49, Rohit Vaidya wrote: For NVidia driver installation the Xorg should not be kept running. >>> >>> Why not? Using

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-11 12:15 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 11:28 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2011-06-11 11:16 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >> > *?* on Ubuntu it was possible to remove an old version and to add a new >> > while running a DE. I suspect this is possible on Debian t

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 11:28 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-06-11 11:16 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > *?* on Ubuntu it was possible to remove an old version and to add a new > > while running a DE. I suspect this is possible on Debian too? > > Using the Debian packages, yes. I was talkin

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-11 11:16 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > *?* on Ubuntu it was possible to remove an old version and to add a new > while running a DE. I suspect this is possible on Debian too? Using the Debian packages, yes. I was talking about the official installer. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-11 11:20 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 11 iun 11, 10:56:28, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2011-06-11 10:30 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >> > On Vi, 10 iun 11, 15:09:49, Rohit Vaidya wrote: >> >> For NVidia driver installation the Xorg should not be kept running. >> > >> > Why n

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 11 iun 11, 10:56:28, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-06-11 10:30 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 10 iun 11, 15:09:49, Rohit Vaidya wrote: > >> For NVidia driver installation the Xorg should not be kept running. > > > > Why not? Using the Debian packages I never had any issues with

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 10:56 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-06-11 10:30 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 10 iun 11, 15:09:49, Rohit Vaidya wrote: > >> For NVidia driver installation the Xorg should not be kept running. > > > > Why not? Using the Debian packages I never had any issue

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-06-11 10:30 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 10 iun 11, 15:09:49, Rohit Vaidya wrote: >> For NVidia driver installation the Xorg should not be kept running. > > Why not? Using the Debian packages I never had any issues with that. The NVidia installer tries to load the kernel module

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-11 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 22:14 -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/10/11 at 07:42am, Mark Panen wrote: > > Hi > > > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > > and i cannot install a Nvidia dr

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 10 iun 11, 15:09:49, Rohit Vaidya wrote: > For NVidia driver installation the Xorg should not be kept running. Why not? Using the Debian packages I never had any issues with that. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/ma

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 10 iun 11, 07:57:12, frank thyes wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 07:42 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. >

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/10/11 at 10:14pm, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/10/11 at 07:42am, Mark Panen wrote: > > Hi > > > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. > >

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/10/11 at 07:42am, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. telinit 3 should work for you, what does `who -r` show? Why do

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-10 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:01:34 +0100, David Sanders wrote: >> I suspect you don't want to get to run level 3, you just want to shut >> down your x server. >> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace - if that doesn't work, or it keeps restarting... # >> /etc/init.d/kdm stop (or gdm if gnome, or whatever you dm is) >> > I

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/06/11 20:01, David Sanders wrote: >> I suspect you don't want to get to run level 3, you just want to shut >> down your x server. >> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace - if that doesn't work, or it keeps restarting... >> # /etc/init.d/kdm stop (or gdm if gnome, or whatever you dm is) >> > I'd definitely say

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-10 Thread David Sanders
> I suspect you don't want to get to run level 3, you just want to shut > down your x server. > Ctrl+Alt+Backspace - if that doesn't work, or it keeps restarting... > # /etc/init.d/kdm stop (or gdm if gnome, or whatever you dm is) > I'd definitely say that using gdm or kdm is a better option - othe

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-10 Thread Rohit Vaidya
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Scott Ferguson < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: On 10/06/11 15:42, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot insta

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread Mark Panen
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM, George Chelidze wrote: > On 06/10/2011 11:37 AM, Mark Panen wrote: >> >> why is X running at runlevel 2 and not 5? > > sysv-rc-conf is a handy tool to check/set which service is run per run > level. as you can notice, runlevels 2-5 are identical (in Debian) > > >

Re: how to get to runlevel 3 (to install nvidia drivers)

2011-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/06/11 15:42, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. > > Cheers > > Mark > > I suspect you don't want to get to run l

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread George Chelidze
On 06/10/2011 11:37 AM, Mark Panen wrote: why is X running at runlevel 2 and not 5? sysv-rc-conf is a handy tool to check/set which service is run per run level. as you can notice, runlevels 2-5 are identical (in Debian) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread Greg Madden
On Thursday 09 June 2011 09:42:25 pm Mark Panen wrote: > Hi > > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. > > Cheers > > Mark /etc/inittab on Squeeze. # R

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread Jochen Schulz
Mark Panen: > > why is X running at runlevel 2 and not 5? As Dave said: in Debian, there's no difference between runlevels 2-5. J. -- Thy lyrics in pop songs seem to describe my life uncannily accurately. [Agree] [Disagree]

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:37:15AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > yes, as Frank said /etc/init.d/kdm stop works, one thing i don't > understand about runlevels though is, when i reboot, i still get X > which i want but, > > who -r > run-level 2 2011-06-10 09:01 last=S > >

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread Mark Panen
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 07:42:25AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: >> Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit >> 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 > > Then you are in runlevel 3.  If your true object

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-10 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 07:42:25AM +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 Then you are in runlevel 3. If your true objective is to get to runlevel 3, you have succeeded! > but X is st

Re: how to get to runlevel 3

2011-06-09 Thread frank thyes
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 07:42 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > Been googling for this with no success. I have tried init 3 and teinit > 3 and the runlevel command shows i am at runlevel 3 but X is still on > and i cannot install a Nvidia driver. Enter who -r to see your current run level but there is no