How to boot to console, use startx for X

Sun Aug 6 16:46:01 UTC 2017

On 6 August 2017 at 17:40, Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:
> setup: Running ubuntu-17.04 in a vm on openindiana solaris
>   Install was the server *iso
>   Installed Desktop lxde
>
> What do I have to set or remove in order to have ubuntu boot to
> a console terminal... from where I can run `startx' when I want it?

JOOI what hypervisor?

One way might be to remove the desktop manager.

I think Xubuntu now uses lightdm. It used to use gdm in early versions.

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