Run level 3

[johng]

I want to install a Nvidia driver, which needs to be done without X. Normally I would modify /etc/inittab thus: id:3:initdefault:

But for some reason my Mageia 2 KDE4 goes to full X mode. Ctrl/Alt/Backspace flicks back to X.

How do I get to a non X state?

[johng]

Oh, and the other related question, how to disable nouveau (as reported by the Nvidia installer).
I note xorg.conf shows the Driver as "fbdev"

[alf]

How do I get to a non X state?

When under KDE switch to a terminal by pressing <ctrl>+<alt>+<f2>; login as root and type

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init 3

Oh, and the other related question, how to disable nouveau (as reported by the Nvidia installer).

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echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-compat.conf

[johng]

Thank you Alf

init 3 works, but adding blacklist nouveau to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-compat.conf did not stop nouveau.

The nvidia installer has created /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf with blacklist nouveau.

I tried adding it to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-mga.conf without benefit.

[kalagani]

Hello,
about "how to disable nouveau" like johng

adding blacklist nouveau to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-compat.conf did not stop nouveau

So, I create a new file blacklist.conf

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echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

And before restart I change in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf the Driver "nouveau" to "nvidia" in Section "Device"

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Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 to GeForce 360"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "DPMS"
    Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
EndSection

So after restart, a lsmod |grep nvidia is OK

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lsmod |grep nvidia
nvidia              12366483  40
i2c_core               39972  1 nvidia

My conf is:

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3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2
x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-295.71-1.mga2.nonfree