Driver install - require text mode

[Neo-Rio]

I'm trying to get a driver installed for my Radeon 9700 Pro card, and I need to get to the command prompt to do this. I'm using Red Hat 9 and I need to escape Xwindows to do this, but I don't know how. Help.

[freakmn]

try hitting ctrl+alt+F1

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by Neo-Rio
I'm trying to get a driver installed for my Radeon 9700 Pro card, and I need to get to the command prompt to do this. I'm using Red Hat 9 and I need to escape Xwindows to do this, but I don't know how. Help.

Only to boot temporarily into runlevel 3 (text mode)?

If you are using Grub, follow these instructions and enter '3' for runlevel 3.


. Boot up to the grub menu screen.

2. Highlight the linux os that you would like to boot and press the letter e to edit the entry.

3. Highlight the second line on this next screen and press e to edit it.

4. Cursor over all the way to the end of the line and press the spacebar and enter the runlevel to boot into:

a. 1 = single user mode

b. 2 = Multiuser mode

c. 3 = Full Multiuser mode

d. 5 = X11

5. After you have entered the runlevel desired, press the enter key and then the letter b to boot the linux os.



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grub runlevel boot

[AlexPlank]

I might be wrong but I am pretty sure that you dont need to exit XWindows to install the 9700 driver. Konole or Gnome's Console should work.

[o0zi]

Or go into the /etc/inittab file and change the line that is:
id:5:initdefault

to id:3:initdefault

or something similar.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by o0zi
Or go into the /etc/inittab file and change the line that is:
id:5:initdefault

to id:3:initdefault

or something similar.

Yes that will work though you will need to change it back to runlevel 5 after installing the drivers.

The instructions I posted are not permanent and just for one boot.