I want to shutdown my X to be able to install proprietary NVidia driver, but I couldn't find out how. There are some suggestions that didn't work for me.I neither have /etc/init.d/gdm nor /etc/init.d/kdm nor /etc/init.d/xdm, on which I could call stop or start./etc/init.d/x11-common commands seem to have no effect, neither does init 2.What can I try next?
stop Xserver in Xubuntu 11
ubuntu;nvidia;x server;xubuntu
Xubuntu uses upstart, so you should usesudo service gdm stoporsudo service lightdm stopdepending if you are using Ubuntu 11.04 (or prior) or Ubuntu 11.10.