you can switch to a virtual terminal by pressing 

CTRL+AL+F1  ( could be between F1-F8 )

normally all you have to do is press

ALT+F1

but when you are in X you have to press CTRL+ALT+F1


At 11:12 AM 6/4/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a dumb question....I need to run in command line mode and can't
seem to
>get there.  Can anyone tell me how to shut down X and get to the command
line?
>
>thanks
>
>Jim
>
>

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