how to boot without X

[Johann Spies]

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 09:53:07AM +0100, david wrote:

> How can I boot Ubuntu to the command line, and not have X start? Can
> this be done from the initial boot menu?
> I don't need this every time I boot, but there are times when having the
> option would be most useful. 

You can disable /etc/init.d/gdm by using rcconf or sysvconfig and
then, after logging in at the console you can do 

sudo invoke-rd.d gdm start

to start up X11.

Regards
Johann
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