On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 01:37:47PM -0500, MallarJ@aol.com wrote: > To get to a non-X console, try CTL-ALT-F1 (thru F6 up to 6 different > consoles). To remove X from the bootup process, use dselect to remove the > xdm package. > > -Jay In real you don't need to delete from your laptop xdm but you can only modyfy a configuration file: /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers comment out any line which like :0 local /usr/bin/X11/X vt7 Maurizio B.