Hi, Jack,
Reboot, and type in "linux 3" at the LILO prompt. That will boot to the
command line.
To make the change permanent, you need to edit your /etc/inittab file and
change your run level at boot from 5 (GUI) to 3 (command line).
That's all it takes :)
Regards,
Caity
> I am using X on the Mandrake 6.0...my problem is that I cannot figure out
> how to get to the command line. This is not the only distro I hav ever
> used, but I have never seen this before. When you close X it gives the
> logon screen...but not the command line logon...the X logon
(graphical)...at
> boot X starts, asking for a logon. I would much rather have the machine
> configured where I need to do a startx...but cannot figure out how to get
> there
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