Re: [expert] Need to stop X from starting at boot.

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I screwed up my x-windows configuration and now when X boots it locks up
> (video driver experiments.. ooops).
> 
> My problem now is that I cannot change my settings from X (cause it wont
> run) and yet it runs X on boot. I see the penguin and a command line login
> for about 2 seconds then X server starts.
> 
> How can I stop X from starting when I see the login?
>
Reboot and type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt. This will put
you at a console log-in rather than the GUI log-in you're
used to.
        John