CTRL-ALT-F1 ? Have another at CTRL-ALT-F2. Hey, how about another four
between CTRL-ALT-F3 and CTRL-ALT-F6. Then again "LILO: linux 3" or [e]
[e] [3] [ENTER] [b] from grub.

Buchan

Ken Thompson wrote:
> 
> Mandrake 7.2 has a console mode reachable from the graphical login screen.
> 
> > > Tom Berkley wrote:
> > Not everyone uses the graphical login.  I've had problems with
> > it in the past and prefer a console login.  Besides, some programs
> > HAVE to be run from the root console window.  There's probably
> > a way to force the graphical login mechanism to exit to a
> > console login screen, but I wouldn't count on it.
> >
> > Hiding the actual commands that are run at the shell level is
> > probably O.K. for most newbies (i.e., the graphical login), but
> > for those of us who have been using UN*X and/or Linux for a while,
> > console is the way to go.
> >
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