On 17/08/06, Philip Wyett <philipwyett at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > 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] > > [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. Okay. But you lost me there when you wrote something about older/newer cards in the same line. -- Regards, Sudev Barar