Kevin Byun wrote:
> This is like really basic question that you can possibly get from this 
> news group and here it is:
> 
> 1. In order to install the driver, I need to exit the X server and kill 
> all OpenGL application.  Does this mean that I have to exit the default 
> login screen too when the computer first boots?  And how do I go about it?
> 
Yes, you have to get out of that.

There are several ways.  This is how I do it.
<Ctrl><Alt>-F2  (hold down Control and Alt, and then hit F2)
Login on that text screen as root.  Then type
   init 3

This put's you into the level 3 run level, which is the text based run 
level, which kills your X session.  To get back to graphical mode, do
   init 5

> 2. I need to set the dafualt run level on my system such that it will 
> boot to a VGA console, and not directly to X.  How do I do this?
> 

Edit the file
   /etc/inittab
and change the line
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:

> I thank you all in advance for helping out a newbie to the Linux world.  
> Thanks.
> 
> Kevin

Troy

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