-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Your best bet is to continue from where you are and run the following command as root: update-rc.d -f gdm remove Then when you reboot, you will land at a text login prompt as expected. HTH, Lorenzo - -- You shall be rewarded for a dastardly deed. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD3VACG9IpekrhBfIRAvNsAJ4ledIZ36TVd9f2UdDakmiDF/s+XACgv5MM jg9jg4PdVNfYzdWvG6IoLd4= =DeWj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----