[Cialug] Stopping X in ubuntu for a few minutes

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 20:52 -0600, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> What is the best way to stop X for a few minutes to install the Nvidia
> drivers?  If I kill gdm etc it starts back up.  If I use /etc/init.d/gdm
> stop it also restarts.  Am I missing a process I should kill or is there a
> general command to stop X?  If I go to runlevel one the drivers advise
> against installing.

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

when you're ready to restart it,
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
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Matthew Nuzum
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