>>>>> "NG" == Nick Gawronski <nick at nickgawronski.com> writes: NG> Hi, I have my system going into run level 2 but still X starts. NG> I would like to make X not start on system boot as I like to NG> have the system come up in text only mode then have the option NG> to start X later if I choose. What is the easiest way on etch to NG> stop the X server from running on boot? You system probably start gdm, so you can remove startup link from rc.d directories with this command: update-rc.d -f gdm remove You can still start gdm by hand of course with /etc/init.d/gdm start or if you don't need gdm then you can start X direct with startup script startx. Best. -- Jan Buchal Tel: (00420) 24 24 86 008 Mob: (00420) 608023021