Re: [newbie] How to use terminal

[Dan Brown]

From: Tom Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> the X-windows.  I need to find web pages that will teach me how to use
the
> prompt instead of only the shell.

    The shell in the terminal window (which I assume is what you're
talking about) works exactly the same as the shell outside of X.  The
"prompt" is generated by the shell.  If what you want to do is use a
text screen instead of X, set initdefault in /etc/inittab to 3 instead
of 5.