Ah yes, now that "run level" stuff is coming back to me from what I read in a linux book about a week ago. Indeed, I even now remember changing one digit in the inittab file from "5" to "3" so that my machine wouldn't boot up in "gui" mode. (Of course, given how often I've rebooted, or had to reboot, come to find out I really didn't need to "sweat" that one over much.) Just a brief note to thank you, Greg, and you, Janina, for the "on list" edification. John
