Ok so i am going to install some Nvidia drivers on a computer with Ubuntu 7.10
I go into the terminal and write
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
This is supposed to shutdown the X server, and it does.
But i don't get a command line... it simply stops at
"* Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
Anyone familiar with this issue and could help me?
EDIT: Solved!
The EXACT second i pushed the "POST" button, it continued and gave me the command line, after being frozen for like 10 minutes.
So if anyone can answer why it's so slow then go for it ^^
[Solved] Command Line Runlevel 3
I don't think it's a difference in distro's, just a difference in settings. If you're set up to boot into text mode, you startx and you hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, you go back to text mode. If you're set up to boot with a login manager like kdm, gdm or xdm and hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, you'd go back to that.bad_brain wrote:oh, ok...in Debian it stops the xserver...
I think Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or it's disabling in xorg.conf has some kind of funny name related to it, but I'm not sure.