boot ubuntu without start X

dyool · 09-04-2006, 07:39 AM

I can boot ubuntu without start X

dyool · 09-04-2006, 07:40 AM

I mean How I can boot ubuntu without start X

syg00 · 09-04-2006, 08:01 AM

(semi-)permanently ??? - have a look at /etc/inittab
One-off ??? - edit the grub menu line and add "1" (no quotes). Once finished, to get X started as normal, enter "init 2".

masonm · 09-04-2006, 08:08 AM

/etc/inittab is the file that determines what runlevel your system boots into. Simply edit the default runlevel and set it for the console runlevel. In Ubuntu I think it's runlevel 2, but I'm not positive about that (it's 3 in Slack). There will be a description of each runlevel in the inittab file that will tell you what each one is.

Samoth · 09-04-2006, 09:16 AM

I use ubuntu and could never find a runlevel without X11. I think you may have to do something like use "update-rc.d" to remove X11 and GDM from the default runlevel.

extrasolar · 09-04-2006, 12:42 PM

The thing with Ubuntu is that it is designed and developed as a desktop system. Run level 2 will take you to a single user terminal without X but I believe it gives you root access.

Ubuntu isn't designed to be run without X. If you're trying to install a driver (say nvidia) and it is telling you to quit X, then do a search in synaptic for it; it may well already be built as a module for Ubuntu.