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Hey, I've got a plane to catch tomorrow, and I'm looking for ways to preserve my battery life. I got to thinking, and wouldn't disabling gnome for a while save ...
  1. 06-24-2007 #1
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    Temporarily Disable GUI

    Hey,
    I've got a plane to catch tomorrow, and I'm looking for ways to preserve my battery life. I got to thinking, and wouldn't disabling gnome for a while save a lot of battery life? It seems the plain black background saving power on your screen, and the low processor usage would save enough power to at least buy me another 15 or 20 minutes (even if my productivity will drop from not being able to use my favorite apps). Is there any way to fully disable gnome in ubuntu for just a single login or two (without completely uninstalling it).
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    press Alt+Ctrl+F1, log in and stop X Server
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    sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
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    lol, that was easy! Thanks Is there any way to shut off a few of the virtual machines? A.k.a., is there any way to keep ctrl+alt+F5 & F6 from accessing more terminals (I should only need 4 at most)? That should cut back on my processor time a little bit more. (The terminal does have an on-demand CPU usage daemon, does it not?)
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    lol, I thought I had tried this before. I get a blank screen whenever I do that. I can still type "sudo init 0" into the terminal and hit enter, but I can't see *anything* until the ubuntu logo pops up and it begins shutting down. In a word... this doesn't work for me. I'm running 7.04 fully up to date (except for a few minor firefox updates). Is there some other way (or at least a way to let me *see* what I'm typing)?
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