Boot without X

[ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY]

On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 21:23 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Huh?  run level 2, in both Ubuntu and Debian, runs with X.
This is not true.  Run-level "2" in *Debian* will not start X.
Run-level "5" only starts X.  In *Ubuntu* however (and to be honest, I
find it very weird and wrong) it does start X in run-level "2".  (I was
wrong in my last post because I changed my run-level scripts to not
start X in run-level "2" which it should be.  My apology to the List)

> If he chose "recovery mode" from grub, it should have run with the
> "single" option, which would take him to the password prompt.
Again, not true!  In Ubuntu when choosing "Recovery Mode" from the Grub
menu it will take you to the "single mode" (or run-level "1") *without*
asking for a password!  (Remember that I'm talking about Ubuntu!)

> Then if you ctrl-D, you switch to runlevel 2.  I rather suspect (but
> have never tried) that setting inittab to runlevel 1, and using
> "single" starts you in runlevel 1, then ctrl-D switches you to ...
> (wait for it) ... runlevel 1.  Giving exactly what he got.
> 
> I think he's saying that because there's no root password he originally just
> used ctrl-D - and ended up in runlevel 2, as we would expect.  He _didn't_
> try just hitting enter (it's not intuitive, but is apparently what you're
> supposed to do instead of putting a password on root).
Again, on my Hoary Ubuntu system when I choose "Recovery Mode" there's
no prompt for any password.  I just find myself as "root".  When I
logout (by hitting CTRL+D or typing "exit") I go to run-level "2".

> -- 
> derek
> 
> 
Ziyad.