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Old 18th May 2008, 09:02 PM
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Stuck in GUI HELP!
Okay I was trying to install my Nvidia on fedora and I'm still having trouble now it is having trouble with the kernel module but thats not my problem at the moment I was reading something someone posted and the said to press Ctrl+Alt+backspace so I did that and it got rid of my X server problem but now I can get out of it will someone please help.

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Old 18th May 2008, 09:32 PM
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Any1 need any more info to help if so just post what you need
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Old 18th May 2008, 09:39 PM
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Which Fedora are you running?
e.g - Fedora 7, Fedora 8 etc
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Old 18th May 2008, 09:40 PM
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im running fedora 9
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Old 18th May 2008, 09:44 PM
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I was reading something someone posted and the said to press Ctrl+Alt+backspace so I did that and it got rid of my X server problem but now I can get out of it will someone please help.
Oh sorry
Ok so, if you hold down CTRL+ALT+F1 , then login as your user,
type
Code:
su -
Then enter password for root
then when your logged in as root, type
Code:
init 3
this should of disabled the X server.
then when your done with your nvidia drivers etc type
Code:
init 5.
that will take you back to what you was originally using (most likely)
hope that helps?
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Old 18th May 2008, 09:54 PM
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didnt work im still in it... this is supposed to get me to the login page right?
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:05 PM
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triple post
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:14 PM
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double post
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:16 PM
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That was to disable x server, install nvidia drivers/whatever, then re enable x server.

What's your current situation exactly? can you describe please.
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:21 PM
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umm well basic thing is I just need to get back to the login screen. and I cant install Nvidia because it said it cant build a kernel module
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:25 PM
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OK then try...

CTRL+ALT+F1

login as your user
then type
Code:
su -
and enter your root password

Then as root, type
Code:
init 5
Note:Make sure you add the - after su otherwise you wont be able to use init
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:27 PM
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ok what now
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:32 PM
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it should of changed the run level back to 5

press

CTRL+ALT+F7

And you should see the login window/screen
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:37 PM
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no i just have a blinking line
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Old 18th May 2008, 10:40 PM
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OK, what happened when you typed in init 5?
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