[SOLVED] How to exit x server mode to inst nvidia drivers?

[jmlsilveira]

Hi Everyone! I'm entirely new to Linux world. I've searched on net already, but it was in vain.
I've tried almost everything but I was unable to solve this problem.
I want to install the Nvidia drivers on my laptop, but i get a message saying that i must exit the x server. How can i do this?

Thank you,

God bless you all!

Joseph

[Roxoff]

Flip to a text console - CTRL-ALT-F2 works for most distributions. Log in as the root user, and use the 'init' command to change to a non-X runlevel. On RedHat and Fedora use 'init 3'.

Alternatively, if you're using Fedora, you could try the pre-built binaries at rpmfusion - follow their instructions to install their repository and use yum or your package manager to install the 'kmod-nvidia' package.

[Lazydog]

On the CLI type 'init 3'
After you install the nVidia drivers type 'init 5'

[jmlsilveira]

Thank you everyone!
It worked nice!

God bless you!

Joseph