The command is "init 3". Enter that to go into text mode.
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From: "nomad creaktop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:38 PM
Subject: [newbie] how 2 change 2 command line
> OK, I want to do some administrative things that I need to do on command
> line, without X running (like sndconfig, etc.) In the installation
> (Custom), I selected to boot to X. Is there an easy way to exit X, either
> during boot, or afterwards (preferable). I haven't found anything in the
> application launcher ...
>
> TIA
>
> creaktop
>
>