[CentOS] Nvidia Geforce 5200 graphic card

Thu Aug 17 00:29:11 UTC 2006
Philip Wyett <philipwyett at blueyonder.co.uk>

On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 05:45 +0530, Sudev Barar wrote:
> On 17/08/06, Philip Wyett <philipwyett at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> [SNIP]
> >  * Download the .run driver file to a location of your choosing.
> >  * Obtain root privileges using 'su -' and entering the root password.
> >  * Open and edit '/etc/inittab' with your preferred editor and change
> >    the line:
> >
> >     id:5:initdefault:
> >
> >     to
> >
> >     id:3:initdefault:
> >
> >    This will change your runlevel from 5 (graphical) to 3 (text). Save
> >    the changes and exit the editor.
> >
> >  * Reboot your machine.
> [SNIP]
> >  * Now back at the prompt, type 'exit' to logout from the root account.
> >  * Do the three finger salute i.e. 'Ctrl + Alt + Delete' to reboot.
> >
> [SNIP]
> 
> Excellent howto but..
> 
> Are the two reboots needed? Why not stop gdm/kdm/whatever from console
> while logged in as root and do the install and edits and then again
> restart. You can simply do this by giving command "telinit 3" while
> logged in as root from "Alt+Ctl+f1" (console 1) and again "telinit 5"
> to restart.
> 
> or am I going wrong somewhere?

As I explained you can use telinit, but for me it's just a preference
not to and I feel the method I used is easier for new comers who really
don't need the shortcuts so early in their Linux lives.

Regards

Phil