If you really want to get out of X, open an xterm and as root type:
# init 3
You can also set your machine to startup on runlevel 3 so you will logon
to a console and you can start x by typing:
$ startx
As for what the problem is, sorry but I don't know.

Jesse

On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 20:41, Dave Bourassa wrote:
> Hello world,
> 
> Been playing around with my RH8.0 and I think I may have screwed 
> something up.  I do the ctl-alt-F1 to go into a terminal mode and it 
> seems whether I sit there and do nothing but count the seconds or type 
> away at whatever, about 30 seconds ( I timed it ) after I open the 
> terminal it crashes out of the terminal and presents me with the RH 
> logon screen again.  I enter my user name and password and I find myself 
> in KDE desktop with no terminal in sight.  If I enter ctl-alt-F1 again 
> the cycle repeats itself.  What could I have done to cause this?  How 
> can I fix it?
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