On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 07:36:36PM -0500, Rory O'Connor wrote:
> I'm a debian newbie, and there's something driving me a bit crazy...the
> default install of debian sends me straight to X, rather than a command
> line. What do I need to do to boot up to just a plain old prompt?
Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 .. F6), then
zless /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz <enter>, then
look for: *) How do I stop xdm from starting at boot?
> In addition, once I am in X, I can't figure out how to get out of it. Wm's
> "exit" as well as Ctrl+Alt+backspace just sends me to an X user login
> prompt.
Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2 .. F6),
Alt-F7 (without Ctrl, as far as I remember)
to take you back to the X display manager.
Helmut
