I have been trying to edit my "inittab" file in /etc so I can boot to run level 3 and install the nvidia driver on my XPS M1730 but even with hidden files showing I can't find it?!?!%#$!

Grrrrr  :-(

I tried going to System > Administration > Hardware drivers and while it shows me the driver 1.73 and 1.80 each time I try to enable them I get and error that displays just a red dot with a white line and no text.

I have the shell installer for the latest driver and just want to run it that way outside of X to fix this.  Oh and CTRL+ALT+F3 to get to a TTY and trying to SU my way to root fails because the shell notices X is not actually closed.

Help

Brian