Attribution lost writes: > Uninstall the xdm package. Then X won't startup on boot. Oswald Buddenhagen writes: > a bit too radical, i think ... Why? If you don't want to use xdm why not remove it? > just modify the "initdefauld" entry /etc/inittab (at least on suse). But not on Debian. man update-rc.d . -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI