nVidia Drivers

[Adam Mercer]

John Chapman wrote:
> I have an nVidia FX5200 video card and I have downloaded its drivers
> from nVidia.  When I try to run the installer it says I need to stop
> the X Server.  How do I stop the X Server?

while logged in as root on a virtual terminal, switch to run-level 3

 > telinit 3

when you're done installing the drivers and modifying the X config 
return to run-level 5

 > telinit 5

Cheers

Adam