[mythtv-users] Rolling back Nvidia driver -- there has to be a better way

[Allen Edwards]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Allen Edwards
> <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Allen Edwards wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I noticed the other FE system I have, which has almost identical hw,
> uses
> >>> 169.12.  Googled and was sent to the nvidia site but that driver was
> not
> >>> there.
> >>
> >> Not completely understanding your problem, but is this any help?
> >> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_169.12.html
> >>
> >
> > No, I got there and I found some drivers but I can't install them because
> > the nvidia install program complains about any setup of my system that I
> > know how to get into.  It wants a level 3 non X command line and my
> system
> > will go into X if I tell it to go to level 3 and the Nvidia driver will
> not
> > install from my level 1 command line that I get into from restore mode.
>  I
> > can't kill X because it just comes back.  Is that clearer?
> > Allen
>
> If you want to kill X do
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
>
> the gdm daemon, if running, will restart X and bring up a logon screen
> (or autostart probably under mythbuntu), the key is to stop the gdm
> daemon.
>
> once you have finished your commandline work run
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
>
> >
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>


This is what worked (but in the big picture didn't work):