Ok...... thanks..... it worked.
Now I may resume my boycott of windows in an honorable way. :}
Thanks again.
Richard Adams wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, John wrote about, Re: Newbies..newbies:
> > So then..... how do I turn off X (haven't read that far yet.)???
>
> Well, you turned it on, or a least it seems that way, judging from the way
> you speak, at install time, (at least thsesedays with redhat and a few
> other distro's) you are asked if you want to boot into GUI mode, now if you
> did that, then edit /etc/inittab and alter the line that says;
>
> id:5:initdefault:
> to
> id:3:initdefault:
>
> A small note here, if one uses slackware then GUI mode is init 4 Redhat
> amunst others define init 5 as GUI.
>
> In ALL cases init 3 is normal console mode.
> The last line in /etc/inittab can be left alone safely, IF the above is
> changed.
>
> > I'd prefer to not spend the time waiting for a GUI if I don't have to.
> >
>
> --
> Regards Richard
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
> Merry Xmas.
