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Zany
Zany

Reputation: 328

Install Driver Cuda

I have to install CUDA for Linux. I downloaded the toolkit, drivers and SDK. But when I try to install the CUDA drivers, I get the following error:

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

I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (32 bit)
How can I solve this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2501

Answers (1)

Brendan Wood
Brendan Wood

Reputation: 6440

For Ubuntu 10.04, assuming you're using the Gnome desktop environment, you need to stop the gdm daemon. From a terminal, run the following:

sudo service gdm stop

This will stop the gdm daemon and throw you to a bare terminal (if you want to start gdm again, just replace the stop argument with a start argument). Install the CUDA toolkit, drivers, and SDK as you normally would. When you're done, reboot the computer to make sure you're using the new drivers.

sudo reboot

Upvotes: 1

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