How-to: Demystifying the Nvidia Driver - Page 3 - Overclock.net

tom.slick · 10-02-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caedis

Press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F5] to drop to a TTY command prompt(This sometimes takes pressing the key sequence 2-3 times before it switches)
Login with your user name and pass
Type the following:

Code:

sudo killall gdm

couldn't you just open a root terminal and do this

Code:

init 3

then log in
or
boot to init 3 by adding a 3 to your kernel options from your grub menu?

and to return to your GUI you could as root

Code:

init 5

also you forgot to mention you will need to install

*kernel headers and or kernel source
*binutils
*GNU make
*gcc
*glibc

kartik3vv · 10-03-09

i do not recommend to use sudo killall gdm , it abruptly shuts off all services , i'd suggest the following codes instead of that :

Quote:

1) i use sudo -i instead of sudo , as in i get on root prompt
2) and then /etc/init.d/gdm stop (this stops gdm)
after installing drivers then
3) /etc/init.d/gdm start

that must help everyone there

**gonX** · 10-03-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by kartik3vv

i do not recommend to use sudo killall gdm , it abruptly shuts off all services , i'd suggest the following codes instead of that :

that must help everyone there

`killall gdm` does the exact same thing as stopping gdm that way. It sends a kill code to the process, which then sends a kill code to all underlying processes. It's not much different.

If you doubt me, take a look at /etc/init.d/gdm. IIRC it should `killall -5 gdm` when it's stopped.

Rothen · 10-12-09

Okay, please help me here.

I did as everyone said, and tried every suggestion but as I installed the new nvidia drivers, I cant get gdm to start up again. Now I am locked out of Ubuntu (via black screen) and there is no way I can get a clean boot. All I can do is bring up the root terminal.

I have been installing and reinstalling the drivers, but it is no good. All I have gotten from gdm is low graphics mode, but everything is frozen. The mouse won't even move.

'nvidia-xconfig' does nothing

I am running on a laptop, with 9400M chipset running 185. drivers.

Running Jaunty AMD64 (is that the problem?)

Anyway, more suggestions would be nice, also a method to uninstall these drivers so I can get into gnome would work too.

EDIT, I just figured it out:

When running the installation utility on the driver installer, add the '--uninstall' suffix to uninstall the drivers.

So it will look like this:

Code:

sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.36-pkg2.run --uninstall

It fixed everything

10-12-09	#24 (permalink)
Rothen New to Overclock.net Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 6 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	Did exactly as everyone said, wont work Okay, please help me here. I did as everyone said, and tried every suggestion but as I installed the new nvidia drivers, I cant get gdm to start up again. Now I am locked out of Ubuntu (via black screen) and there is no way I can get a clean boot. All I can do is bring up the root terminal. I have been installing and reinstalling the drivers, but it is no good. All I have gotten from gdm is low graphics mode, but everything is frozen. The mouse won't even move. 'nvidia-xconfig' does nothing I am running on a laptop, with 9400M chipset running 185. drivers. Running Jaunty AMD64 (is that the problem?) Anyway, more suggestions would be nice, also a method to uninstall these drivers so I can get into gnome would work too. EDIT, I just figured it out: When running the installation utility on the driver installer, add the '--uninstall' suffix to uninstall the drivers. So it will look like this: Code: sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.36-pkg2.run --uninstall It fixed everything Last edited by Rothen : 10-13-09 at 12:20 AM

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