The most important line in your /etc/inittab is 

id:3:initdefault:

If your system goes straight into X, you will notice that you have a 
5 there in place of 3.  Just change it back to 3 and the system will 
not boot into X straight anymore.

-amlan.

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  > 
  > Hi Arup,
  >   try this out.Open /etc/inittab and look for a line starting with 'x:'
  > (not including the quotes).It should look something like :
  > 
  > x:35:once:/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon
  > 
  > It might not be xdm as I have'nt used Gnome,but anyway put a # at the
  > start of the line and reboot.Make sure that you have at least one line
  > like :
  > 
  > 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
  > 
  > (The first and last numbers on the lines can be 1,2,3,4 etc)
  > 
  > Hope it helps.
  > Bye,
  > Rajarshi
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