On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:32:29PM +0000, Andrew Jenkins wrote: > Is there a way to change the init level of Ubuntu? > I used to use Mandriva and changed the init level in > /etc/inittab to '3' instead of '5'. This made the > machine boot up into a bash terminal with no GUI > invoked. If you then wanted a GUI you simply ran it > with the command 'startx'. Often when I switch my > laptop on I just want a terminal but have to go through > all the logon and GUI to get there.
The way I did this is by going into /etc/init.d and entering the command: sudo chmod -x gdm I also edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst to remove the splash and quiet options from the kernel I usually boot. This cuts out all the fancy graphical stuff. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
