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How to boot into command line on Ubuntu or Debian

Posted by xmodulo on · 4 comments
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Linux desktop comes with a display manager (e.g., GDM, KDM, LightDM), which lets the desktop machine automatically boot into a GUI-based login environment. However, what if you want to disable GUI and boot straight into a text-mode console because you are troubleshooting a malfunctioning desktop manager?

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Comments (4)

Steven_Rosenber ·
They say replace "quiet splash" with "text." Nice! I usually put in a 3 for runlevel 3, but this seems like a better alternative, plus they show you how to make it permanent if that's what you want.
BernardSwiss ·
What happened to "quiet no-splash"?

Was "no-splash" just depreciated, or does "text" do something different?
gus3 ·
"Quiet" has to do with the logging verbosity, I think.
BernardSwiss ·
Sorry, careless writing on my part.

I used to delete "quiet" and add "no-splash" so I could watch the boot process. I meant :

What does "text" do, that wasn't already available?

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