[COLUG] Problem with new Monitor

[jep200404]

"Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." wrote:

> ... but how can I get the system to continue booting 
> to a command line rather that a gui?

Try <Ctrl><Alt><F1>. 

Also, look in /etc/inittab for a line like: 

   id:5:initdefault:

and change the 5 to a 2 or 3. I.e., to: 

   id:3:initdefault: