On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:58:21 -0800
Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Somehow my Debian system got set up to install X when I start up.  Since
> I have an Nvidia graphics card and need to insert the nvidia module
> before X starts, the X on startup breaks.  I don't particularly like
> starting in X anyway.  How do I disable it and boot to the command
> prompt?
<snip>

Whip open /etc/inittab, and find a line similar to this:
id:3:initdefault:

Yours will probably have 5 instead of three (it depends on the distro), but text boot 
on most systems is three, so make the line like this:
id:5:initdefault:

Graham

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