Hello I am trying to install a NVIDIA graphics driver for my graphics card however it will not let me install it because it says X server is running. How do u turn of X server? Thank YOu.

All you need to do is to switch to runlevel 3: # init 3 Once installed you can test it with startx. If all goes according to plan go back into graphical mode (renlevel 5 on mandrake) with: # init 5 FYI if you want to change it so that it goes into text mode every time you boot, edit /etc/inittab and change: id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault:

Could You explain more to me what that means? I do not understand how to edit or stop Xserver. Thank You.

To switch to non-graphical mode, bring up a terminal (somewhere you type commands in like "command" or "cmd" under windoze) and type "init 3" (without the quotes). You can then install your drivers and after switch back to graphical mode by typing "init 5". To edit /etc/inittab, it is simply a text file (like 99% of all linux config files)....so start up your favourite text editor (kedit, gedit, vi, emacs, mcedit, open office etc) and make the changes.