getting into console mode (run level)

[Dave Roe]

* David Symons <david.symons at liberatedcomputing.net> [2007-06-21 12:20 +1000]:
> On 6/21/07, Dave Roe <droe at real-time.com> wrote:
> >Would someone tell me how to get into console mode on Feisty, both via
> >startup or an X session?
> 
> Hi Dave,

Thanks David.

> 
> Via Startup: Select the Recovery Mode boot option from the Grub menu.
> You can prevent gdm starting up in the regular boot with:
>    sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove

>From the man page, I gather this is permanent.  To reverse it, it looks like
I do:
    sudo update-rc.d gmd multiuser

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

> 
> Via X session: ctrl-alt-F1 (to F6).  ctrl-alt-F7 gets you back to X.
> 

Any suggestions on what to check if that doesn't work for me?  Those
keystrokes don't do anything (as last not visually) on my system.

-- 
Dave Roe		droe at real-time.com