I got the correct .run driver package for linux from the nVidia website, but it says I cannot be running an x session while running the installer for the drivers. How can I login without starting X?
Easy: you log out of the present session. Then you are without a visible screen and can login again. ,,Normally" one could do it as well like this: into a root Konsole you type ,,init 3" which stops the X-server. Then you have to serve the processing of compiling the driver package by konsole means. This I tried today in vain under Mandriva. With Slitaz it is much easier as they already offer a ready driver via tazhw. Just click on ,,nvidia" under ,,Hardware". The rest is automatic. But => again you have to leave the session for a moment to adjust the Xserver anew.