How to install a .run file

[eram]

Ok, so I followed your instructions to install a .run file. every thing went fine until after I did the last step: (sudo ./example.run) I got an error message: "Your appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing."

Can anyone help with this?
Thanks!

[ice60]

Ok, so I followed your instructions to install a .run file. every thing went fine until after I did the last step: (sudo ./example.run) I got an error message: "Your appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing."

Can anyone help with this?
Thanks!

are you trying to install a graphics driver? you'd be better off finding a tutorial for it if you are. it's telling you to kill all the GUI stuff and just use a terminal.

[eram]

Yes, I am installing a graphics card driver. They only provide a README for Suse installation. I don't mind killing the GUI, I have a lot of experience in terminal. But I have never yet encountered a .run file, so I don't know what to do.

[PinkFloyd102489]

You can still sh a run file. I do this all the time with the Nvidia drivers.

sh whatever.run

[eram]

You can still sh a run file. I do this all the time with the Nvidia drivers.

sh whatever.run

No, it says I need to do it as root.
I do

sudo sh N*.run

but it tells me to exit X.

[ice60]

you run this -

ctrl-alt-F1

that will get rid of your desktop, so save anything first. then run this -

init 3

then -

gdm stop

then login, that bit might be earlier, it's says login, or something like that. then, if the nvidia driver is on your desktop cd to your desktop and run it like this -

cd ~/Desktop <enter>
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-xxxx.run

replace the xxxx with what the driver is called. at some point you might get an error about /tmp/.X0-lock, or something like that, you can remove it like this -

sudo rm /tmp/.X0-lock

you can reboot like this -

sudo reboot

OR incase that doesn't work for some reason

sudo shutdown -r now

i've never installed a graphics driver like that in ubuntu, that's just from old notes i made for installing the nvidia driver on linux. i don't think anyone installs the driver like that on ubuntu.

[eram]

you run this -

ctrl-alt-F1

that will get rid of your desktop, so save anything first. then run this -

init 3

then -

gdm stop

then login, that bit might be earlier, it's says login, or something like that. then, if the nvidia driver is on your desktop cd to your desktop and run it like this -

cd ~/Desktop <enter>
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-xxxx.run

replace the xxxx with what the driver is called. at some point you might get an error about /tmp/.X0-lock, or something like that, you can remove it like this -

sudo rm /tmp/.X0-lock

you can reboot like this -

sudo reboot

OR incase that doesn't work for some reason

sudo shutdown -r now

i've never installed a graphics driver like that in ubuntu, that's just from old notes i made for installing the nvidia driver on linux. i don't think anyone installs the driver like that on ubuntu.

Thanks! It worked! I ended up uninstalling the driver again because it did not solve my graphics problem. But I was able to solve my problem a different way: It was a simple matter of editing the xorg.conf file.
Thanks again!8)

[coolest30]

as regards step 4 once i have press enter it comes up with permission denied can any one help?

thanks in advance.

[Dfairlite]

works great!

[flower199]

Thank you, very useful!