How can I start Hoary in text mode?

[gerrard]

I want to config my Hoary server to start in text mode. How can I do that?

[HungSquirrel]

Most distros set the graphical runlevel to 5 and the text one to 3. Ubuntu sets the graphical mode to 2. I looked in /etc/rc2.d and /etc/rc3.d and the contents appear to be identical, so you can *probably* (I'm too lazy to test this) make seperate graphical and text modes by doing sudo rm /etc/rc2.d/S13gdm to tell GDM not to start in runlevel 2. Then, if/when you want graphical mode temporarily, do sudo init 3 to start GDM. If you need to undo my instructions, do sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/gdm /etc/rc2.d/S13gdm .

Someone please do not hesitate to correct me if I'm wrong!

[garyng]

remove gdm under rc2.d would stop it. There are more than one way to do it though.

[hernad]

Most distros set the graphical runlevel to 5 and the text one to 3. Ubuntu sets the graphical mode to 2. ...


This info helped me to understand why Hoary is "ignoring" my runlevel kernel parameter on startup :). Thank you.

What is the reason of this ubuntu's team decision (unusual runlevel for graphical mode) ?