Need some linux help

Hey guys,
I've got a Powerbook G3 Wallstreet, i've tried numerous distros, and gotten the furthest with DebianPPC.
ATM, im having troubles loading X. It used to start loading then give me errors, now it loads and gives me a blank screen. Thats not really my issue at the minute, i've got a few config files i plan on trying. I figure i can get that going with some fiddling. Just wondering if anyone knows how to stop X from loading when i boot into linux.
I made the machine boot into some sort of a maintinence console, but that created a read-only file system which didn't help much.
The program i use which is dual booting Debian and MacOS9 allows me to enter kernel arguments. Im hoping theres some way of disabling X there?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks.

change the default run level from 5 to 3, in the file /etc/inittab.

the line to change should look like this:

id:5:initdefault:

change the 5 to a 3 (or 4, or 2).

Thanks.
I'll give that a whirl, see how it goes.