On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:02:26 -0600 "Matthew Benjamin" <msbenjamin@xxxxxxxxx> insightfully noted: MB>Can someone tell me a key combination to exit the GUI desktop on Core3 MB>and go straight to command line? MB> MB>mB. ============================== Try ctrl-alt-F1. To get back to the gui, ctrl-alt-F7 HTH, Mike -- "The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life" --Muhammad Ali