[techtalk] X win

[jenn at simegen.com]

Jack Baker wrote:
> 
> I am using X on the Mandrake 6.0...my problem is that I cannot figure out
> how to get to the command line.  This is not the only distro I hav ever
> used, but I have never seen this before.  When you close X it gives the
> logon screen...but not the command line logon...the X logon (graphical)...at
> boot X starts, asking for a logon.  I would much rather have the machine
> configured where I need to do a startx...but cannot figure out how to get
> there.
> 
> Thanks in advance...I am sure it is a simple fix, I am just not seeing it.

Using X, when I want a command line, I grab an Xterm window up.

I've yet to see a Linux GUI that doesn't offer some sort of terminal window
 - actually, I've yet to see one without an Xterm. (though I'm sure that
both are possible!)




Jenn V.
-- 
  Humans are the only species to feed and house entirely separate species 
     for no reason other than the pleasure of their company. Why?

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