On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 20:40 -0700, Eon Strife wrote: > > > Hi, > There's a linux cluster somewhere (using Rocks), and I use remote > desktop (nxmachine) to do the work on the frontend of the cluster. The > desktop is Gnome. And, I intend to install new nVidia driver, but it > requires me to stop the X Server. I check around the internet, they say > we can use the /etc/init.d/gdm stop, but I can't run it since the gdm > file does not exist. Another alternative is by rebooting the Linux (of > course, we change the inittab before). But I don't know how to reboot > remotely. Moreover, I don't know if it is safe to reboot Linux remotely, because I > can't physically access the linux workstation. Oh, the operating > system of the Linux is CentOS 4. > What should I do ? "init 3"? If you ran services (the gui) and checked that all services were set to run on level 3 and 5, would the cluster stay up and you reconnect back in with ssh to complete the install? I'm clueless about a cluster. :) Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ https://nuoar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339