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I run Mint Julia and want to exit xWindows and run only terminal without using cntrl>alt>F1. Any help on how to do that?...
- 04-05-2011 #1Just Joined!
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[SOLVED] Howto exit xWindows to run only terminal
I run Mint Julia and want to exit xWindows and run only terminal without using cntrl>alt>F1. Any help on how to do that?
- 04-05-2011 #2forum.guy
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Edit your /etc/inittab file so that you'll boot directly into the run level that you want to run.
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Linux Mint is an Ubuntu clone. With Red Hat (including Fedora) distributions it is a simple matter of changing the default run level in /etc/inittab to 3 (no GUI login). In theory, this should work for Ubuntu distributions as well, but I'm not sure 100% about that. You may need to alter the grub2 boot options to effect that change.
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In Debian based distributions the process is different to Redhat/Fedora. You need to run a terminal and enter
Code:sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove
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Thanks o' Daark one!
What if you want to put GDM back?
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yea, this is a little spooky - and daark... I don't see inittab in /etc (only init.d or init) and don't know how to get back to booting into xWindows automatically. I am afraid to break something I can't fix. Two additional questions before I try this...
1. As Mr Rubber mentioned - how do I put it back? I read the man file but still not sure.
2. If I do make this change, I can just type 'startx' to boot into xwindows manually right?
Thanks in advance for your help. Trying to learn to be a terminal warrior but still pretty green...Last edited by bonesTdog; 04-06-2011 at 01:41 AM.
- 04-06-2011 #7Blackfooted Penguin
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Originally Posted by Rubberman Thanks o' Daark one! What if you want to put GDM back?You can also use rcconf or services-admin to enable or disable gdm and other services.Code:sudo update-rc.d -f gdm defaults
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The answer to question 1 is in the post above and yes you can use startx to run X manually. Originally Posted by bonesTdog
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Awesome. Thanks. I will give this a shot... holding my breath the whole time.
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hrmph... Houston, we have a problem...
1. The command didn't make any change. I got the following message:
Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/gdm ...
System booted into Mint though as usual.
2. rcconf is not installed on my machine. Would that help?
3. Services-admin says command not found.
Three strikes - am I out? Any thoughts?
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