[CentOS] Video Card Not Recognized Installing CentOS 3.7

Corwin Burgess msgclb at cox.net
Mon Aug 14 23:13:38 UTC 2006


Jim Perrin wrote:
>> I had to use '/sbin/telinit 3' and hit enter to see the prompt line.
>> >> 2. How do I restart the X server when the driver is installed?
>
> This is because you missed the part where I said the '-' was crucial
> to the command. If you just use su to access the root account, then
> your uid changes, but it's not treated as a login shell, so you don't
> get the full PATH variables sourced. If you use 'su -'  then it
> becomes a root login shell, and you get the extra goodies associated
> with the root account. use 'man su' to get all the details if you're
> curious.
>
I tried that several times but evidentially I was doing something wrong. 
Now that I know what the '-' is for I tried it again it worked. Thanks.

Corwin






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