I found the way to do this by trial and error. At the boot prompt type boot> linux init 3 This overrides the inittab settings and allows me to get logged in without X. Thanks for the help. Stephen _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com