How do I stop a KDE X-server

[nbob]

Hello. I'm running a pc with dual boot windows7/suse.

I'm trying to install my NVIDIA video driver but keep getting the error message that an X-Server is running. I am assuming that would be my desktop.

How do I stop an X-Server in KDE? I think I know how it is done in Gnome.

take care.

[bigtomrodney]

The best thing to do is switch to a virtual terminal. You can switch to one using CTRL+ALT+F1 and switch back using CTRL+ALT+F7.

You will completely lose your graphical user interface when you stop the X server, so make sure you're comfortable doing what you need to do on the command line. Log in first, then enter your root password when prompted by su

su -
/etc/init.d/xdm stop

To restart it afterwards use

/etc/init.d/xdm start