I changed one of my systems to act as an X terminal by changing one line of /etc/initab and adding another line as follows: id:5:initdefault: 7:5:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/X -query systemname This seems to work. Is there anything "wrong" with doing it this way? Is it appropriate to use run level 5? Is there a list somewhere telling the difference between run levels 2, 3, 4, or 5? David