How do I get a shutdown/restart dialogue option under the system menu at run level 3 in FC5?

[Paul Howarth]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Stanley A. Klein wrote:
> 
>>>> I needed to set up the non-graphical boot because my laptop has an
>>>> Nvidia display and they recommend changing the boot to run level 3.
>>> Who are they?  I've not heard of that recommendation before....
>>>
>>>
>> Nvidia makes display cards that manufacturers put into machines.  There
>> is an x.org driver for Nvidia, but it rarely works right.  To make an
>> Nvidia display work properly, you have to go to their site, download
>> their driver installer, go root, and run the installer (which will
>> possibly compile and install the kernel module that runs their display).
>> This is best done from run level 3.  If you do a general yum update and
>> yum installs a new kernel, you have to either rerun the driver installer
>> for the new kernel or edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to make the old kernel
>> the default.  I don't know what happens when the screen driver crashes
>> during a graphical (run level 5) boot, but I'd rather not experience
>> it.  
> 
> Oh, I didn't ask you what you had to do, that I already know.  I asked
> you "whose recommendation" are you following.
> 
> Been using the nvidia drivers for years now.  Yes, there is a bit of
> work involved when a new kernel is released....but following a few rules
> makes life easier.
> 
> 1.  Exclude the kernel updates from normal yum updates.  Do you kernel
> updates manually after you listening to masses complain or not.  A
> fiasco happened not too long ago.....
> 
> 2.  Manually update the kernel and kernel-devel packages.
> 
> 3.  Boot and at the grub screens append a 3 to kernel params to bring
> the system up to level 3.
> 
> 4.  Run the nvidia install again....will fix things up.
> 
> 5.  Reboot....
> 
> Your done....  No fuss no muss....  At least I've not had any in the
> past 2 years...but then I'm conservative.

A conservative user should be using sanely packaged nvidia drivers from 
somewhere like livna rather than using the nvidia installer directly:

http://www.city-fan.org/tips/ProprietaryVideoDriverWarning

Paul.