> how can I disable xdm and boot into terminal mode. I prefer to use startx.
Whichever mode you choose to be your non-X mode (for the sake of this message, call it M), just remove the symlink to S??xdm in /etc/rcM.d/. The '??' in the symlink name represents two digits (I think it's 99, but it could be different). HTH -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electrical Engineering http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic University of Washington http://ssli.ee.washington.edu/ssli /"\ || \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN || NO ATTACHMENTS X AGAINST HTML MAIL || NO STATIONERY / \ AND POSTINGS || NO GRAPHICS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]