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 cleaned out with a shotgun.
anyway how do i completely get out of X in suse 8.2
i tire the ctrl+alt+F1 and it does get me to a text screen. however it is still in a fancy graphic box.
if i cant has anyone made an RPM for suse 8.2, no other versions as they dont work! or can i force the driver to install even if in x?
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Jump to PostChange the runlevel from GUI mode to text mode.
Follow these instructions in reverse:
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/xbootup.htmlThey show how to go from text mode to graphical mode. Just go backwards. (Instead of from runlevel 3 to 5, go from runlevel 5 to 3.
Jump to PostWell, worst comes to worst, just change the runlevel because it only involves editing one number in one file and rebooting. But there has to be a way to do it. Sorry the only *nix systems I've ever used are RedHat and Mac OS X.
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