[SOLVED] Disabling my GUI interface

[jllusty]

Hello there fellow Linux users,
I have been using Unix / Linux for quite some time now. But there is still one thing that annoys me. When i disable the GUI interface i get a blinking under-tow (see-below)
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And i have no idea what button is used to get the computers attention / login.
thanks,
jllusty

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

How exactly do you disable GUI? Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

[jllusty]

I am currently using Ubuntu 10.04
i did the following:
in /etc/default/grub

i commented out the line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

then under it i typed a edited version of it
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

then i ran
sudo update-grub2

[devils casper]

There is nothing like "text" option for GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Actually, it has not been documented anywhere in GRUB Manual. It works with a very few machines only.

If you remove "quite splash", GRUB Menu will appear in command line mode followed by text output of boot procedure.

Set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="" and edit /etc/init/gdm.conf file.
Replace this line

stop on runlevel [016]

with this one

stop on runlevel [0126]

Save file and reboot machine.

[jllusty]

Live saver! Been trying to get that to work for a long time! Thanks man!