where is etc inittab equivalent ?

[Goh Lip]

On 09/05/2010 07:13 PM, Tapas Mishra wrote:
> I searched a file /etc/inittab in Ubuntu 10.04 bit bit.
> It was not there.
> On some link found Ubuntu stopped using that 3 years before.
>
> Searching some blogs forums found
> /etc/events.d
> above directory was missing on my system.

Ubuntu does not use inittab anymore. Upstart replaces that.
This might interest you.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+question/6585
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/since-we-have-no-etc-inittab-506281/
http://nixcraft.com/linux-software/2654-ubuntu-set-default-runlevel-etc-inittab.html

So you cannot add '3' or '2' to the kernel (linux) line at grub to boot 
to the runlevel. However, if you just want to get to console instead of 
gui, Alt + + Ctl + Fx and Alt + F7 to return or just use the recovery 
console.

But why?

Regards - Goh Lip