David A. Sinck wrote:

>
>I'm a bit concerned about the 'reinstall everything' comment.  Are you
>trying to installed nvidia drivers on initial install of the box?  I
>bet you really don't want to try that.
>
To clarify, after I install the drivers  a reboot is required.  It is at 
this point that I find if the install is going to work or not.  If it 
fails, [I'm in console for this and not X] I cannot get back to X.

Hence, since I do not know what to do, I reinstall the OS.  Perhaps 
overkill, but you do what you know.  Once I have a fresh OS install I 
then reinstall the NVidia drivers and try again.  

Is there an easier way to restore a crashed X server instead of 
reinstalling the OS as I have been doing?  

Mike