nvidia blues

[Chris Jones]

> The only thing they do not say is that now you must run the file with 
> the Xwindows off. And that is simple if you learn that init 3 will do 
> it. But it isn't in their docs anywhere....

Wrong. Its the first thing in section 4 "Installing the NVIDIA Driver"

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/100.14.19/README/chapter-04.html

To quote

"Before you begin the installation, exit the X server and terminate all 
OpenGL applications (note that it is possible that some OpenGL 
applications persist even after the X server has stopped). You should 
also set the default run level on your system such that it will boot to 
a VGA console, and not directly to X. Doing so will make it easier to 
recover if there is a problem during the installation process."

In addition, if you don't know how to change your init level, they 
provide a link to appendix H in their readme which explains just that

"See Appendix H, Tips for New Linux Users for details."

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/100.14.19/README/appendix-h.html

Cannot be much clearer, I think.

Chris