On Tue, 04 Jan 2000, jerrud wrote:
| OK, I know this is *very* newbie, but here goes.
| I installed Linux on another computer of mine, and after installing X and
| all that good stuff, i chose for X to start at boot.
| Well the thing is, is that i need to use the *real* console to setup my DSL.
| It seems netcfg just doesnt want to work in X, but i can get DSL linked up
| in 2 seconds if i use it in the real console when you boot up. My question
| is this: how do i bypass the starting of X at boot, and go right into the
| console??
| Oh yeah, ctrl + alt + backspace doesnt work. just brings me into the "login"
| GUI promt.
| thanks!
| jerrud
|
| ***Whats the diffrence between Microsoft and a man w/ a gun in your face?
| Nothing. They both want your money.***
Log in to your X-windows GUI session as normal, then try CTRL+ALT+F2 - this
will put you at a console log in screen, and you can log in, get connected, and
switch back to the GUI with CTRL+ALT+F7 to do things the easy way.
You can also use linux 3 at the LILO prompt if you want to start without X
running at all.
HTH,
Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
