X Config/ nVidia Drivers
Okay...I installed SimplyMEPIS 3.4-3 and everything was going fine. I had my nVidia drivers on and they were working. I took a few minutes to get everything set up how I liked, then switched to my Windows partition. My Windows install has a bad habit of randomly restarting, but when it did, I had done what I needed to do, so I booted into MEPIS. As it loaded, it kicked me into init 3. I tried switching to level 6, but as soon as I did, the shutdown screen loaded and my computer restarted. I booted with the live CD and reinstalled the X Config, and everything works fine. So now my problem is: If I attempt to change anything about my X Config (including activating my nVidia drivers), or click 'Apply' at all (without having changed anything), I get the same problem. I have to reinstall the X Config. Any ideas?
Well first of all init 6 is
Well first of all init 6 is a reboot command init 3 is multiuser mode as is init 2.
Here is a list of run levels used in Debian and Debian based distros as Mepis and Ubuntu are.
* 0 System Halt
* 1 Single user
* 2 Full multi-user mode (Default)
* 3-5 Same as 2
* 6 System Reboot
What happens when you boot up with nvidia enabled and init 3?
Here is a general runlevel list for Linux
Init Level
0 Runlevel 0 is reserved for the "shutdown" phase. Entering init 0 from the shell prompt will shutdown the system and usually power off the machine.
1 Runlevel 1 is usually for very basic commands. This is the equivalent to "safe mode" used by Windows. This level is usually only used to asses repairs or maintenance to the system. This is a single-user mode and does not allow other users to login to the machine.
2 Runlevel 2 is used to start most of the machines services. However, it does not start the network file sharing service (SMB, NFS). This will allows multiple users to login to the machine.
3 Runlevel 3 is commonly used by servers. This loads all services except the X windows system. This means the system will boot to the equivalent of DOS. No GUIs (KDE, Gnome) will start. This level allows multiple users to login to the machine.
4 Runlevel 4 is usually a "custom" level. By default it will start a few more services than level 3. This level is usually only used under special circumstances.
5 Runlevel 5 is everything! This will start any GUIs, extra services for printing, and 3rd party services. Full multi-users support also. This runlevel is generally used on by workstations.
6 Runlevel 6 is reserved for "reboot" only. Be carefully when running this command. Once you have entered init 6, there is no stopping it!
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