On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 12:47:10PM -0700, 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 need to kill the login window, too.  As root run
/sbin/telinit 3

> 
> 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 /etc/inittab and change id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault:

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