Make sure you never boot up in anything other than run level 3. You would use startX and probably an xinit file to choose desired environment but always start up in text mode. Then it's a matter of learning how to close the X environment down because once you do that, you drop right back into text mode. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list