I used apt-get remove xdm and it cured the problem. Thanks for your help On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 06:22:41AM -0700 59, Dale Morris <dlm@well.com> wrote: > How do I get rid of the graphic login that comes up when I log out of X? It > makes it impossible for me to do anything from the command line. It's the > yellow screen that asks for my username and password. > thanks