you go into single user mode at the booting time and edit the /etc/inittab
file.There you change the default run level from 5 to 3 in the line 
"id:5:initdefault" and then reboot.


SANJIB  DAS
RESEARCH  ENGINEER,
ECE DEPT.,
IIT,GUWAHATI,

May 2000, Rakesh Agarwal wrote:

> Hi,
> While booting, Linux directly goes to the X environment. Now since my X
> is not configured properly
> X never comes up. How do I bypass X and login directly into command
> prompt so that I can configure my X
> 
> TIA
> rakesh
> 
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