Help, How do I stop X in Gentoo?? I need to install nvidia driver but I cannot stop X. everytime I do /etc/init.d/xdm stop, X stops briefly and then almost immediately reloads. Thanks for any help.

i believe alt-control-backspace should do it, if not, do a "ps -aux" and find the pid of your X server, and then "kill <pid>". www.linuxteens.com

Hi eskiled Tried both and neither worked. "rc-update del xdm default" worked. The trouble I have got now is that the maximum resolution I can set now is 640x480. how can change it to get 1024x768?

To change from graphical to text only use: # init 3 To change back to graphical login: # init 5 (NB use "init 4" for slackware) Edit your XF86Config(-4)/xorg.conf file and find the lines that read something like: Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" Change it so that your default resolution comes first for each of the colour depths.

init 3 doesn't seem to work in Gentoo. Like I said I had to " rc-update del xdm default" to stop x As for the resolution I had already edited the Modes line which did not seem to have any effect I have however managed to resolve the issue. It seems I needed to add the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines to the "Monitor" in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf Thanks for all the help

Log in as root and try it. You may not be able to execute "init 3" as a user.

Next time, don't install the nVidia driver manually. Use portage by running "emerge nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx". After the first time you'll only have to emerge the driver itself (emerge nvidia-kernel) when you install a new kernel. This method works without killing X, and portage automatically includes fixes so the driver will work with the most recent kernels.