Re: Installing nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 drivers

From: george roman (g_at_camin9tm.afraid.org)
Date: 08/11/04

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    Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:12:10 +0300
To: Joris Huizer <jorishuizer@planet.nl>

    Joris Huizer wrote:

    > Richard Cavell wrote:
    >
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> I wish to extract my kernel source into /usr/src. I downloaded it as
    >> a bz2 file. Only root can write into this file. My 'GNOME Desktop
    >> Manager' does not allow me to log in as root.
    >>
    >> Now in KDE my Ark program will allow me to extract, but I can't write
    >> into /usr/src. I can cheat by, say, extracting somewhere else then
    >> using root to move it in, but how would I do this properly?
    >>
    >>
    >
    > You can use the `su <name>` command; It'll let you log in as another
    > user in your console. If you leave out the name, it'll choose to let
    > you login as root (so `su` is the same as `su root`)
    >
    > You can also do the extracting and compiling without root powers, if
    > you are in the src group; You can add yourself to the 'src' group (`su
    > -c "adduser <name> src"`) - if you're in the X, login out of the X and
    > log in again (otherwise you're groups aren't yet updated) - I don't
    > know what's needed when you are on a virtual console, but login out
    > there should help too
    >
    >
    > HTH,
    >
    > Joris
    >
    >
    if you want ti install the driver (as i remember) ou have to stop x
    server. so a solution to your proble is to wsitch in a terminal with
    (Ctrl+Alt+F1 dor example), kill your x server and then install the driver. 

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