NVIDIA driver install (Was: Re: Updating files)

[Mitch Wiedemann]

You might try running (as root)
/sbin/telinit 3
To get out of X, and then log in as root and try running the install again.

Use
/sbin/telinit 5
to return to X afterwards.

Brittany wrote:

>Ok i downloaded the drivers for Nvidia and heres what it's trying to say
>whenever  try to install it in terminal:
>
>[sambie at localhost Desktop]$ chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
>[sambie at localhost Desktop]$ ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
>Verifying archive integrity... OK
>Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 1.0-
>5336................................................................................................................................................................................
>nvidia-installer: Error opening log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
>for writing (Permission denied); disabling logging.
>
>I am logged onto root, as it shows the keys on the right bottom of my
>desktop. 
>
>
>Is their anything that im doing wrong?
>  
>
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