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Every time I try to kill the x-server, asked 4 years, 10 months ago

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22 sudo service lightdm stop
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so that I can install the latest Nvidia drivers, I get an error message.

stop: Unknown instance: Linked

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2 Ubuntu 16.04LTS extended display not
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1 that depends on which DM you are using: sudo service lightdm stop --> Ubuntu with Unity; sudo service
kdm stop --> Kubuntu; sudo service gdm stop ..; – Rodislav Moldovan Jul 18 '13 at 13:02
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1 Can't get NVIDIA drivers to work on Dell
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2 why can't I get gdm to stop?

1. Use ctrl + alt + F1 to switch to terminal, 1 Close Lightdm in Ubuntu 12.04

2. login
40 0 X Server config used by lightdm
3. run sudo service lightdm stop , lightdm and xserver should be stopped now (check with
0 Trouble Installing Nvidia Driver
ctrl + alt + F7 , which is your current xorg session, it should not show any desktop now)

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 4. do your things 2 Problem to stop lightdm

5. run sudo service lightdm start to start lightdm and xorg again. 2 How can I start lightdm / server X?

Good Luck! 0 Stopping lightdm service is giving black

screen, can't install nVidia GeForce GTX 960
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4 That's exactly what I did except halfway through #3 I was stopped with an error message. – Hot Network Questions
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2 That sounds mysterious ;) my best guess is that lightdm is not runnig at all and you are using some other because that’s how much you get"?
Display manger... With cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager, you can find out which Display Manager you
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/etc/init.d/lightdm stop maybe? And why you can't install nvidia drivers from software center?

3 share improve this answer answered Jul 16 '13 at 13:50

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They're outdated, the NVIDIA website always has the most recent drivers. –  Mysteriousness Jul 16 '13
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Try running sudo service gdm stop .

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 2 The reason your command may be resulting in that output is because lightdm isn't your Display
Manager.

In addition to gdm , also try xdm and kdm .

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Ok had the GTX 970 installation Problem under Ubuntu 14.04 too. Sometime i was able to start
Ubuntu with the standart drivers and sometime not.
2
However, this should hopefully fix the Problem: After switching from IGP (I7 4770 with HD4600) to
GTX970 in Biosi got an error with some Xorg Gui.

However you can not install the Nvidia-Driver while X is running: -> sudo killall Xorg solves the
problem

Then -> sudo ./NVIDIA-x68xxx.run

After the first Driver Install (orig. Nvidia 352.xx) i had a blank screen. Then i run the Nvidia Driver
Installer again -> sudo ./NVIDIA-x68xxx.run This second install told me some kind of noveu driver is
running and should be disabled. The driver asked me if it should disable noveu -> Yes disable
noveu

After restart: Et Voila lighdm is running again :)

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