> rebooted I was surprised to find myself at the xdm login > instead of a tty > login. I think you have 2 options: 1. remove xdm 2. find your default runlevel in /etc/inittab (most likely 2) and rename /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm to /etc/rc2.d/K01xdm (where '2' can be replaced by your default runlevel). The second option gives you a chance to switch to a graphical runlevel and back. Good luck, Ben Mesman