Many thanks for this. o.k. I can now log back onto the beast and from a shell prompt type in startx to get to a gui While this works, no png files are being loaded at all. Every time you try you get the unable to recognise file format error message At least I can keep the system running now alex -----Original Message----- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 14 November 2005 12:48 To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Problems with new build and up2date On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 12:31:54PM -0000, Alexander Sharaz wrote: > > 2). What do I change to get to a text only console setup In /etc/inittab, you currently have an entry that looks like this: id:5:initdefault: Change the 5 to a 3. Do not mistype this entry! .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list