Russell Ward rw_jazzz@hotmail.com wrote:
and takes ages for anything to show). It automatically tries to load a GUI when I login, and I can't see how to revert to a command-line to try and
Gently, you could use Ctrl-Alt-F1 or similar to get a console login. Then Alt-F7 normally gets you back to the graphics. More harshly, you can get the LILO prompt and enter "Linux S" or similar to boot into a single-user maintenance state.