well at least u are not giving me bogus BS like the morons in other forums.

seeing that i only need to be out of it once it seems a bit too much. i just want to turn it off for the install. I really dont want to change boot unless i have to

by the way the ctrl+alt+F1 is...

ok it seems X is really embedded into suse. Its really a dumb paradox as the driver needs to be out of x to install. and that this driver IS for suse 8.2. whoever made the thing needs their head...

now how do i shut down X so i can install?

well i figured it out, just needed to use the sh command
now anothe issue, how do i do it from a pure console
how do i quit X completly in suse 8.2 i need to be out of x to install

well how do i use a *.run file? typeing in the full name does nothing, typeing in the first part does nothing. I gave it exec premissions. i am new to linux so how do i execute this thing?

where are the nvidia RPM drivers for suse 8.2
I downloaded the run file but i cant seem to get it to work. I also dont want to have to compile stuff, i am not a programmer