thats rather easy actually.
just do a ctrl-alt-f1 and login as root.
then at the prompt: init 3

then install the nvidia drivers, run the config tools and after everything is 
done, you can restart GDM with init 5

On Sunday 28 August 2005 21:39, wagz211@isp.com wrote:
> Hey I know this probably sounds like a dumb question but how do I turn the
> graphical login manager GDM off temporarily so that I can install the
> NVIDIA graphics drivers. Would really appreciate some  help. ps Im using
> debian with a 2.6 kernel if that matters.
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