Help needed with nvidia driver update

dannylister · 17 Mar 2006 at 20:19

Hiya folks!

Just need a tiny bit of help tryin to install the graphics drivers from nvidia... and as usual... i fail at the first step.

I have downloaded the ".run" file, tried to run it ("sh")... but the installation complains that I have an X server running and cannot install while it is.

Does any body know how to get to just the command line interface on fedora core 4.0, as i presume this is the solution? If not, any suggestions?

Cheers, Danny.

deano · 17 Mar 2006 at 20:59

Hi

do

ctrl+alt+F2

should get you at a shell promt login as root then:-

init 3

once that has finished and you are back at a prompt ( may need to press return )

cd to your directory where you downloaded the nvidia driver probably :-

/home/username/Desktop

do a

ls

to see if it's there. If it is add +x permission to it so it can run eg:-

chmod +x Nvidia.whatever.run

then

./Nvidia.whatever.run

follow the screen prompts

Cheers
deano

dannylister · 17 Mar 2006 at 21:20

hey... cheers for the reply but every thing goes smoothly until i run:

"init 3"

the screen stays blank until i press enter like you said but it seems to hang at the screen its at, saying stuff like:

"starting anacron......... [OK]"

any suggestions?

Cheers once again

dannylister · 17 Mar 2006 at 21:24

OOPS! I've manage to get it working now! thanks for your help mate!

Danny.

deano · 17 Mar 2006 at 23:06

Hi

flad to be of service

cheers
Deano