Thank you Jason and all other contributors,
atrmps has many nvidia drivers.  I chose the v. 260 and it works great! :-D


Timmy Siu



On 2011-04-25 02:05 AM, Jason Bronner wrote:
> 1) login. init runlevel 3 it. compile / install your driver on the
> command line. change back to runlevel 5.
>
> 2) use a premade kernel mod binary from someone like ATRpms / dag and
> install it with yum.
>
>
>
> On 4/24/11, Timmy Siu<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> Dear All SL 5.5 Users,
>> I am installing a nVidia display driver for my Quadro FX-540 on SL 5.5.
>> It said that it has Suspend feature.  It sounds very attractive for
>> energy saving.  As you know, RHEL 5.5's suspend and hibernate features
>> can hardly work (simply hangs up).
>>
>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
>>
>>
>> The installation requires that I exit the X-Windows to command prompt.
>> (1) How do I exit to the command prompt from the Gnome login gateway of
>> SL 5.5?
>> (2) How do I return to the Gnome login gateway of SL 5.5 after I have
>> successfully installed the nvidia display driver? :-P
>>
>> The Failsafe command prompt is actually still inside the X-windows. :-D
>>
>>
>> Yours Faithfully,
>> Timmy Siu
>>