[mythtv-users] Ubuntu and Nvidia drivers - not quite to the point of tears

[Michael Tiller]

I have a problem with this process.  I know the gdm start/stop part.  But my
problem is that when I install the NVIDIA drivers they install just fine but
when I reboot the X server won't start.  Has anybody run into this before?
My hack solution is to reinstall them each them (surprisingly, this works)
but it is very annoying.  If anybody has any idea what is going on, I'm all
ears.

(This is Ubuntu Edge and any of the latest NVIDIA drivers)

--
Mike

On 2/3/07, Jared C. Davis <jared at cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think you should be able to just switch to a virtual console  (i.e.,
> Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in, and run the following command:
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
>
> This should disable GDM (which is the one that loads X all the time).
> Then, after you've installed the drivers, you can run
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
>
> To start GDM up again.  If that doesn't work, you might be running KDM
> or XDM, and it's a similar process, just /etc/init.d/kdm stop, etc.
> But, since you're on Ubuntu, you're probably running GDM.
>
> Note: this won't require a reboot and it won't persist through a
> reboot.  But, I don't think you'd need to reboot just to install the
> nvidia driver.
>
> Good luck,
>    Jared
>
>
> On 2/3/07, Rich Osman <rich at osman.com> wrote:
> > I have Ubuntu 6.1 installed off the "alternate" CD so I could get an XFS
> > filesystem.  I have an NVIDIA 6200LE PCI-express card that I'm trying to
> > install the Nvidia binary driver set for.
> >
> > I can't figure out how to stop X (!)  I need to stop it to do the NVIDIA
> > install and I can't figure out how to.  Since Debian always operates at
> > runlevel 2 I can't change runlevels to stop it. The NVIDIA docs say that
> > I should disable X so that I can reboot to a CLI and manually start X.
> > Sensible, but I do want to be able to go back to full graphical for Myth
> > operation.  This machine will be my master backend (and a frontend,
> > local DNS cache, DHCP Server, and a few other light duty tasks.) I've
> > seen something mentioned about Upstart, but I can't seem to find it on
> > my system.
> >
> > How on earth do I temporarily disable X through reboots?
> >
> > --
> > mailto:Rich at Osman.com  http://www.rich.osman.com
> > Rich Osman;  POB 93167; Southlake, TX 76092 (Near DFW Airport) ARS: N1OZ
> >
> > If you receive something that says "Send this to everyone you know,"
> >       PLEASE pretend you don't know me.
> >
> >
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