Installing Nvidia display driver, Backtrack 3

[darkxfaded]

Well i just installed backtrack 3 to my usb stick, and have been trying to install my display driver.

In terminal i put:

"Sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.51-pkg1"

and hit [enter]

i then get a message saying:

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing.

Then i hit [enter] then the installation fails.

anyone know of a way around this?

Im running in (VESA KDE) mode.

Btw: I'm a bit new to linux.

- thanks for reading -

[purehate]

Hello Mcfly!

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing.

The error message couldn't be any clearer. Stop the xserver and run the driver install scrip from the frame buffer

[darkxfaded]

Hello Mcfly!

ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing.

The error message couldn't be any clearer. Stop the xserver and run the driver install scrip from the frame buffer

Thanks for the reply. How would i stop the xserver though?

[purehate]

ctrl + alt + backspace

or if that doesnt work

ctrl + alt + f2

[darkxfaded]

Thanks ctrl + alt + f2 worked. But i still get the same install error from there.

[xorred]

O M G....

....

When you reboot your BT3, boot into console mode, *don't* startx. Install your driver...

also, there's the ps -ax command... with a grep something... hope that is not too hard.