How can I stop GDM on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop in order to install NVIDIA Driver?
In the case of Ubuntu 16.04. I can download the NVIDIA driver run file and then ctrl+alt+F1 and then do the below
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48.run
I follow on screen instructions to install and reboot and everything works.
Now I am trying to do the same thing on Ubuntu 18.04. I read that Ubuntu 18.04 switched to gdm so I tried
sudo service gdm stop
sudo gdm stop
None of them worked, after some searching I realized it could be gdm3 instead but I tried
sudo service gdm3 stop
sudo gdm3 stop
Still none of them worked, and of course sudo service lightdm stop doesn't work. When I tried to install the driver it kept telling me the x-server is still on so can't start the installation process.
What is the right way to stop gdm in Ubuntu 18.04?
drivers nvidia lightdm gdm 18.04
edited Sep 27 '18 at 19:19
Zanna
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asked Apr 27 '18 at 15:18
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In the case of Ubuntu 16.04. I can download the NVIDIA driver run file and then ctrl+alt+F1 and then do the below
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48.run
I follow on screen instructions to install and reboot and everything works.
Now I am trying to do the same thing on Ubuntu 18.04. I read that Ubuntu 18.04 switched to gdm so I tried
sudo service gdm stop
sudo gdm stop
None of them worked, after some searching I realized it could be gdm3 instead but I tried
sudo service gdm3 stop
sudo gdm3 stop
Still none of them worked, and of course sudo service lightdm stop doesn't work. When I tried to install the driver it kept telling me the x-server is still on so can't start the installation process.
What is the right way to stop gdm in Ubuntu 18.04?
drivers nvidia lightdm gdm 18.04
edited Sep 27 '18 at 19:19
Zanna
51k13137241
asked Apr 27 '18 at 15:18
user3667089user3667089
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add a comment |
In the case of Ubuntu 16.04. I can download the NVIDIA driver run file and then ctrl+alt+F1 and then do the below
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48.run
I follow on screen instructions to install and reboot and everything works.
Now I am trying to do the same thing on Ubuntu 18.04. I read that Ubuntu 18.04 switched to gdm so I tried
sudo service gdm stop
sudo gdm stop
None of them worked, after some searching I realized it could be gdm3 instead but I tried
sudo service gdm3 stop
sudo gdm3 stop
Still none of them worked, and of course sudo service lightdm stop doesn't work. When I tried to install the driver it kept telling me the x-server is still on so can't start the installation process.
What is the right way to stop gdm in Ubuntu 18.04?
drivers nvidia lightdm gdm 18.04
edited Sep 27 '18 at 19:19
Zanna
51k13137241
asked Apr 27 '18 at 15:18
user3667089user3667089
256310
In the case of Ubuntu 16.04. I can download the NVIDIA driver run file and then ctrl+alt+F1 and then do the below
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48.run
I follow on screen instructions to install and reboot and everything works.
Now I am trying to do the same thing on Ubuntu 18.04. I read that Ubuntu 18.04 switched to gdm so I tried
sudo service gdm stop
sudo gdm stop
None of them worked, after some searching I realized it could be gdm3 instead but I tried
sudo service gdm3 stop
sudo gdm3 stop
Still none of them worked, and of course sudo service lightdm stop doesn't work. When I tried to install the driver it kept telling me the x-server is still on so can't start the installation process.
What is the right way to stop gdm in Ubuntu 18.04?
drivers nvidia lightdm gdm 18.04
drivers nvidia lightdm gdm 18.04
edited Sep 27 '18 at 19:19
Zanna
51k13137241
asked Apr 27 '18 at 15:18
user3667089user3667089
256310
edited Sep 27 '18 at 19:19
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Ubuntu has been using systemd for a while now. This worked for me.
sudo systemctl stop gdm3
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
It didn't work for me. I am using 18.10. Any hint on why?
– alecive
Feb 4 at 16:54
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Dropping to run-level 3 and then installing the driver worked for me. You can change run-level using: sudo telinit 3.
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
Did this work for you on Ubuntu 18.04? The concept of run level is a little redundant withsystemdas init. Instead one would theoretically run something likesystemctl isolate multi-user.target.
– Zanna
Sep 27 '18 at 19:31
1
Yes, this worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I haven't tried thesystemctlcommand that you mentioned.
– hypercube
Sep 28 '18 at 20:41
This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.10. Thesystemctlcommand did not work. But I re-launched gdm3 withsystemctl.
– Yvon
Jan 23 at 4:45
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You should better install the driver using: sudo apt install nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
Make sure that you updated your local repositories by using sudo apt-get update
Hope it works
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
I had bad experiences using apt to install nvidia drivers and would rather avoid it if possible.
– user3667089
Apr 27 '18 at 15:35
Then try to kill xorg usingkillall xorgswitch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2 and after that try to kill gdm.Hope it works
– tuddyftw
Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
1
This doesn't work for me either. I ended up booting into recovery mode and drop to root shell to install NVIDIA driver. Not the best way but I hope someone can come up with a better solution.
– user3667089
Apr 28 '18 at 17:18
add a comment |
If you're using Ubuntu on wayland, just try this:
sudo killall gdm-wayland-session
That worked for me.
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
1034
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Ubuntu has been using systemd for a while now. This worked for me.
sudo systemctl stop gdm3
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
It didn't work for me. I am using 18.10. Any hint on why?
– alecive
Feb 4 at 16:54
add a comment |
Ubuntu has been using systemd for a while now. This worked for me.
sudo systemctl stop gdm3
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
It didn't work for me. I am using 18.10. Any hint on why?
– alecive
Feb 4 at 16:54
add a comment |
Ubuntu has been using systemd for a while now. This worked for me.
sudo systemctl stop gdm3
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
Ubuntu has been using systemd for a while now. This worked for me.
sudo systemctl stop gdm3
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:43
user620143user620143
312
312
It didn't work for me. I am using 18.10. Any hint on why?
– alecive
Feb 4 at 16:54
add a comment |
It didn't work for me. I am using 18.10. Any hint on why?
– alecive
Feb 4 at 16:54
It didn't work for me. I am using 18.10. Any hint on why?
– alecive
Feb 4 at 16:54
It didn't work for me. I am using 18.10. Any hint on why?
– alecive
Feb 4 at 16:54
add a comment |
Dropping to run-level 3 and then installing the driver worked for me. You can change run-level using: sudo telinit 3.
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
Did this work for you on Ubuntu 18.04? The concept of run level is a little redundant withsystemdas init. Instead one would theoretically run something likesystemctl isolate multi-user.target.
– Zanna
Sep 27 '18 at 19:31
1
Yes, this worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I haven't tried thesystemctlcommand that you mentioned.
– hypercube
Sep 28 '18 at 20:41
This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.10. Thesystemctlcommand did not work. But I re-launched gdm3 withsystemctl.
– Yvon
Jan 23 at 4:45
add a comment |
Dropping to run-level 3 and then installing the driver worked for me. You can change run-level using: sudo telinit 3.
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
Did this work for you on Ubuntu 18.04? The concept of run level is a little redundant withsystemdas init. Instead one would theoretically run something likesystemctl isolate multi-user.target.
– Zanna
Sep 27 '18 at 19:31
1
Yes, this worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I haven't tried thesystemctlcommand that you mentioned.
– hypercube
Sep 28 '18 at 20:41
This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.10. Thesystemctlcommand did not work. But I re-launched gdm3 withsystemctl.
– Yvon
Jan 23 at 4:45
add a comment |
Dropping to run-level 3 and then installing the driver worked for me. You can change run-level using: sudo telinit 3.
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
Dropping to run-level 3 and then installing the driver worked for me. You can change run-level using: sudo telinit 3.
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
answered Sep 27 '18 at 18:48
hypercubehypercube
111
111
Did this work for you on Ubuntu 18.04? The concept of run level is a little redundant withsystemdas init. Instead one would theoretically run something likesystemctl isolate multi-user.target.
– Zanna
Sep 27 '18 at 19:31
1
Yes, this worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I haven't tried thesystemctlcommand that you mentioned.
– hypercube
Sep 28 '18 at 20:41
This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.10. Thesystemctlcommand did not work. But I re-launched gdm3 withsystemctl.
– Yvon
Jan 23 at 4:45
add a comment |
Did this work for you on Ubuntu 18.04? The concept of run level is a little redundant withsystemdas init. Instead one would theoretically run something likesystemctl isolate multi-user.target.
– Zanna
Sep 27 '18 at 19:31
1
Yes, this worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I haven't tried thesystemctlcommand that you mentioned.
– hypercube
Sep 28 '18 at 20:41
This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.10. Thesystemctlcommand did not work. But I re-launched gdm3 withsystemctl.
– Yvon
Jan 23 at 4:45
Did this work for you on Ubuntu 18.04? The concept of run level is a little redundant with
systemd as init. Instead one would theoretically run something like systemctl isolate multi-user.target.– Zanna
Sep 27 '18 at 19:31
Did this work for you on Ubuntu 18.04? The concept of run level is a little redundant with
systemd as init. Instead one would theoretically run something like systemctl isolate multi-user.target.– Zanna
Sep 27 '18 at 19:31
1
1
Yes, this worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I haven't tried the
systemctl command that you mentioned.– hypercube
Sep 28 '18 at 20:41
Yes, this worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I haven't tried the
systemctl command that you mentioned.– hypercube
Sep 28 '18 at 20:41
This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.10. The
systemctl command did not work. But I re-launched gdm3 with systemctl.– Yvon
Jan 23 at 4:45
This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.10. The
systemctl command did not work. But I re-launched gdm3 with systemctl.– Yvon
Jan 23 at 4:45
add a comment |
You should better install the driver using: sudo apt install nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
Make sure that you updated your local repositories by using sudo apt-get update
Hope it works
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
I had bad experiences using apt to install nvidia drivers and would rather avoid it if possible.
– user3667089
Apr 27 '18 at 15:35
Then try to kill xorg usingkillall xorgswitch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2 and after that try to kill gdm.Hope it works
– tuddyftw
Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
1
This doesn't work for me either. I ended up booting into recovery mode and drop to root shell to install NVIDIA driver. Not the best way but I hope someone can come up with a better solution.
– user3667089
Apr 28 '18 at 17:18
add a comment |
You should better install the driver using: sudo apt install nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
Make sure that you updated your local repositories by using sudo apt-get update
Hope it works
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
I had bad experiences using apt to install nvidia drivers and would rather avoid it if possible.
– user3667089
Apr 27 '18 at 15:35
Then try to kill xorg usingkillall xorgswitch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2 and after that try to kill gdm.Hope it works
– tuddyftw
Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
1
This doesn't work for me either. I ended up booting into recovery mode and drop to root shell to install NVIDIA driver. Not the best way but I hope someone can come up with a better solution.
– user3667089
Apr 28 '18 at 17:18
add a comment |
You should better install the driver using: sudo apt install nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
Make sure that you updated your local repositories by using sudo apt-get update
Hope it works
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
You should better install the driver using: sudo apt install nvidia-graphics-drivers-384
Make sure that you updated your local repositories by using sudo apt-get update
Hope it works
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
answered Apr 27 '18 at 15:31
tuddyftwtuddyftw
172
172
I had bad experiences using apt to install nvidia drivers and would rather avoid it if possible.
– user3667089
Apr 27 '18 at 15:35
Then try to kill xorg usingkillall xorgswitch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2 and after that try to kill gdm.Hope it works
– tuddyftw
Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
1
This doesn't work for me either. I ended up booting into recovery mode and drop to root shell to install NVIDIA driver. Not the best way but I hope someone can come up with a better solution.
– user3667089
Apr 28 '18 at 17:18
add a comment |
I had bad experiences using apt to install nvidia drivers and would rather avoid it if possible.
– user3667089
Apr 27 '18 at 15:35
Then try to kill xorg usingkillall xorgswitch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2 and after that try to kill gdm.Hope it works
– tuddyftw
Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
1
This doesn't work for me either. I ended up booting into recovery mode and drop to root shell to install NVIDIA driver. Not the best way but I hope someone can come up with a better solution.
– user3667089
Apr 28 '18 at 17:18
I had bad experiences using apt to install nvidia drivers and would rather avoid it if possible.
– user3667089
Apr 27 '18 at 15:35
I had bad experiences using apt to install nvidia drivers and would rather avoid it if possible.
– user3667089
Apr 27 '18 at 15:35
Then try to kill xorg using
killall xorg switch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2 and after that try to kill gdm.Hope it works– tuddyftw
Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
Then try to kill xorg using
killall xorg switch to TTY2 with CTRL + ALT + F2 and after that try to kill gdm.Hope it works– tuddyftw
Apr 27 '18 at 15:46
1
1
This doesn't work for me either. I ended up booting into recovery mode and drop to root shell to install NVIDIA driver. Not the best way but I hope someone can come up with a better solution.
– user3667089
Apr 28 '18 at 17:18
This doesn't work for me either. I ended up booting into recovery mode and drop to root shell to install NVIDIA driver. Not the best way but I hope someone can come up with a better solution.
– user3667089
Apr 28 '18 at 17:18
add a comment |
If you're using Ubuntu on wayland, just try this:
sudo killall gdm-wayland-session
That worked for me.
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
1034
add a comment |
If you're using Ubuntu on wayland, just try this:
sudo killall gdm-wayland-session
That worked for me.
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
1034
add a comment |
If you're using Ubuntu on wayland, just try this:
sudo killall gdm-wayland-session
That worked for me.
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
1034
If you're using Ubuntu on wayland, just try this:
sudo killall gdm-wayland-session
That worked for me.
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
1034
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
1034
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
1034
answered Feb 8 at 20:23
Doried Abd-AllahDoried Abd-Allah
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