You should be able to get back to a virtual console by hitting ctrl-alt-f1. You may be able to disable Gnome by telling init to start using a different runlevel. You should have a line in /etc/inittab like id:2:initdefault where the 2 indicates to start with runlevel 2. The runlevel is often used to determine which initialization scripts should be run, and x may not be started with a lower runlevel. I am not sure how RedHat works, though, so someone can correct me... --Michael Gorse / ICQ:22583968 / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Jude DaShiell wrote: > When I boot now, I hear lilo, then I hear boot, then I hear loading linux, > then I hear the at sign, and all the rest is silence. If I hit ackspace I > don't hear the beep so this thing is still coming up in gnome mode. I > managed to log in using gnome and get such changes I have managed using > exec >/dev/ttyS0 2>&1 on a line by itself. > I got Bill's speakup.kmap.gz file stored and loaded into > /etc/sysconfig/keyboard too. How do I disable gnome permanently so it > doesn't break the log in anymore? > > > Jude <jdashiel@shellworld.net> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >