On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 00:29 , aaron rey esparza sent: >How do i shut down X server and install nvidia drivers? > Depending on your distro, you could just exit to a console by pressing simultaneously ctrl+alt+F1, login as root, then just issue the command init 3 (true for SystemV init compatible disros like Red Hat/Fedora, Mandrake, Slackware, Debian, Gentoo). Once there (you may need to press enter to get back your prompt) just change to the directory where you have the driver installer (with cd /path/to/driver), before you install the drivers, make sure you have your kernel sources package installed. It should be in one of your installation CD's (in the event of Gentoo, they're installed either by portage or if you installed from stage 1 or 2), then just execute the installer. Once it finishes, edit the file XF86Config and change the driver under the Section "Device" from "nv" to "nvidia" (use vi or emacs).