I assume you are running a display manager and therefore exiting just exits your session rather than shutting down X. In that case, "telinit 3" should do the trick, I believe. Mark. On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, desert whomper wrote: > can u please tell me how to kill or exit x server on mandrake 10 so i > can install my nvidia drivers? i really need help and have tried alot > and have found no help > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86