On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 10:17 +0300, Alexandru Chiscan wrote: > Philip Wyett 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] > >> > >>> * 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 > > > to learn others bad practice (restarting the system if not necessary is > one of them) is not good - especially > if they are newcomers; not to mention that what Sudet Barar suggested is > much faster and easier. > > Lec If it was a server where uptime was important then use of telinit would be appropriate. But not many folks install the proprietary nvidia driver on servers and for workstations or laptops reboots don't really matter. Describing it as bad practice is ridiculous. In the mail I clearly mentioned telinit could be used but did not expand on it, just specified I personally did not use it as is my choice. Should I spend more of my time writing all the possible options just to make some people happy - Not a chance, I've got plenty of other non and CentOS related work to do! Regards Phil