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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875352 Title: Linux 3.0.x kernel with Ubuntu does not take runlevel 2-4 arguments as boot options. Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Past kernel boot lines, tool runlevel arguments at boot time. In other distros, you added "1" for single user text, "2", "3", "4" or "5" for multiuser text mode... Ubuntu, along the way changed this and used the kernel boot option "text". Somewhere between natty and oneiric, that "text" kernel boot option went away. I mentioned this during dev testing months ago and was left unanswered... This cabality never returned. All these runlevels are still available from a commandline in a termeinal or consolde session once the System is booted. But that is not the problem or need. If you have a system that does not boot into a GUI... Of TTY Text Console modes, there is now only the option to boot into runlevel (single)? What happened to the ability of Multi-user-modes? I usually setup that as one of my Grub2 40_custom menu items on my own boxes. If this has changed in syntax, it doesn't seem to be documented. I do know that during testing, when I had installed server - then runlevel 2 was there. If on that same server if I installed an xxxxxxx-desktop package then either the kernel or the default runlevel setting was changed and only booting directly to a GUI was there. Yes users could go recovery > Root or remount then netroot... but newer users get lost there. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic 3.0.0-12.20 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: I82801AAICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mafoelffen 1581 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'I82801AAICH'/'Intel 82801AA-ICH with STAC9700,83,84 at irq 5' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84' Components : 'AC97a:83847600' Controls : 34 Simple ctrls : 24 CurrentDmesg: [ 551.527233] hrtimer: interrupt took 17278946 ns Date: Sat Oct 15 14:48:29 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=94f6c962-58fa-4888-ac33-6b5932c3c699 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111010) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=fe9c64dd-2eb0-4c3c-ba46-ffe0cd8c1162 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.60 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2: dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/875352/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp