From Gnome Back to Shell

[rootmethod]

How do i log out of Gnome so I can just use the text based shell? Red Hat 7.0

very frustrating it wont let me out without shutting down bc Gnome is set up as default.

[Linuxcool]

Can't you just press ' CTRL_ALT_F1...F6 ' and get a virtual console screen?

[Jeepsta]

For me CTRL_ALT_BACKSPACE kills the X-server and drops me into the shell. Not sure if it will work with what you got setup, but its worth a try. Or just do like linuxcool suggested.

[SCuSI]

Your default runlevel is set to init 5.You can edit a file to make the runlevel init 3 as the default. You can also switch runlevels on the fly by opening a terminal window,su into root, and typing init 3 or init 5.

[bdg1983]

Also covered in the NHF on Booting into GUI (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/x-windows/guiboot.html) and NOT Booting into GUI.