How to bootup to a command prompt.....EASY!

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 16:23 -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 15:33 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Hakan Koseoglu <hakan at koseoglu.org> wrote:
> >>> On 30 August 2010 20:07, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> >>>> If you want to bootup to a command prompt, remove the following lines
> >>>> from your /etc/init/gdm.conf file, and reboot. To get your GUI, run
> >>>> can use your Ubuntu boot CD to go to rescue and restore the file.
> >>> I'm not sure what's the point of this. To get to a konsole, hit
> >>> CTRL-ALT-F1. To restart the running X11 sessions, simply invoke "sudo
> >>> /etc/init.d/gdm restart". If everything is stuck and you want a reboot
> >>> in a reasonable harmless, follow the alt-sysreq+REISUB method.
> >> Fred's post was an interesting/entertaining way of creating the
> >> equivalent of a CentOS/Fedora/RHEL runlevel 3 default boot.
> > 
> > THAT is one thing I miss. Just "init 3" and there you are. Clean, simple
> > and easy peasy. Ric
> > 
> > 
> 
> So Ric, why haven't you tweaked your Grub menu yet?

#4 I have grub2 installed. "TOO SCARED! TOO SCARED!" 
(knee-knocking alien critter from The Men In Black part II) 
#3 Ain't gonna mess with it, my chicken foot needs recharging.
#2 Fortune never favors the bold.
...and the all time biggest number one excuse IS:
#1 I'm old and pee a lot.  
Now click here: http://instantrimshot.com/classic/?sound=rimshot
:) Ric
p/s thanx Wiz! 
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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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