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On Monday 28 July 2003 11:17 pm, klsb wrote:
> I have installed SuSe 8.2 (which a member kindly sent me) however I
> cannot work out how to use the nvidia installer for the necessary
> graphics drivers. My main problem is that I do not know how to turn the
> x server on and off.
>
> Has anyone expereince of using the installer?
I use SuSE 8.2 but do not have nvidia graphics so I can't really help you
with that, although I believe the main problem is that the driver is not
included on the distribution and the installer has to download it.
(Nvidias fault, not SuSEs).
When you ask about turning X off and on you don't say whether you want to
work with X off or just restart the server. So here's some advice for
both (very basic level)
The fast way to kill X is Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, with a normal SuSE setup X
gets restarted and you end up back on the graphical login dialog. To
work without X try starting a console session (Konsole - assuming you are
using KDE) and make yourself root ("su" then give root password) Then
enter "init 3". This should effectively stop X. You will need to log in
again at the prompt to do anything. When you want to restart X enter
"startx" or - as root - "init 5".
Tony
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Having problems?
Click the "My Computer" menu, and then right click Drive C:.
On the Menu select - "This Sucks: Please replace current
operating system with Linux. And don't ask me again."
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