Scott Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SP> I believe you can tell your computer which run-level to start with SP> at the LILO prompt (assuming you're using LILO). IIFC, simply SP> typing 2 and enter, will start you at run-level 2 (no X-Server SP> running...plain ole console mode).
You can, in fact, tell LILO which runlevel to boot into by typing e.g. 'linux 2' for runlevel 2. But Debian's default is to have every service (including your display manager) start in every runlevel; if you wanted to change to a more Red Hat-ish setup where *dm only starts in runlevel 5, you'd have to manually adjust the links in /etc/rc?.d. That having been said, you can also boot into single-user mode by typing 'linux single' at the LILO prompt. That will get you no services at all, including no display manager; it might be a little easier to fix things from that state. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
