Hi Ian, > Why do you want to do this? (the only significant difference between > 3 and 5 should be the presence of X, along with starting a desktop) > I think (but am not certain) startx first will work. I did this way occasionally, PC booting up quicker. "startx" will start GNOME desktop, not KDE. I think I have to install "switchdesktop". B.R. SL