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   From: clay    
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   Subject: Re: 6.10 DT: How to exit Gnome and change to console mode?   
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   Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:26:34 -0800   
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   SINNER wrote:   
   > * MCR wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   >    
   >> clay wrote:   
   >>> MCR wrote:   
   >>>> clay wrote:   
   >>>>> Tom Mueller wrote:   
   >>>>>> Hello Group,   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I want to exit Gnome and swich to pure console mode. How can I do    
   >>>>>> that? With SuSE/KDE there was a "shutdown > only console" mode,    
   >>>>>> which exited X-windows and turned to console mode. I can't find    
   >>>>>> anything similar with Ubuntu/Gnome. An alternative was to open a    
   >>>>>> console window and use the command "init 3", since this runlevel   
   >>>>>> was configured as console-only. But at Ubuntu it seems to be   
   >>>>>> different. Could anybody help me out please?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Thanx   
   >>>>>> Tom    
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Does this mean I can install nvidia drivers for example without   
   >>>> using automatix or easy ubuntu?   
   >>>>   
   >>>    
   >>> yes   
   >>    
   >> Thanks!  You know these little nuggets of knowledge are invaluable,    
   >> If I had known how to do it I would not have sodded around with   
   >> Automatix2.    
   >>   I am surprised that 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop' wasn't mentioned in    
   >> the Ubuntu docs.  It is after all Ubuntu's reputation to be easy to   
   >> use and by default all Ubuntu flavours, so this minor yet important   
   >> omission is surprising!   
   >>    
   >    
   > Not sure I agree. As you can see Ubuntu (based on many peoples thoughts    
   > in here) wants to hide the command line from noobs. I still cant get to    
   > other pure consoles by using CTL + ALT + F1 - F6 I get a blank screen.   
   >    
   > No Console for you! Next!   
   >    
   > That said, stopping GDM and installing the nvidia drivers without using    
   > apt or automatix (which worked flawlessly for me) would require compiling    
   > and Ubuntu does not load the build-essential package by default. You    
   > think the newbs are screaming now!    
   >    
   > Load an OS and give them   
   >    
   > login:   
   >    
   > to stare at.   
   >    
      
      
   tseliot is working on a skript to streamline ATi and Nvidia drivers.    
   Works well for most.   
   http://albertomilone.com/driver.html   
   Full story here:   
   http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=255929   
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