Possible to get a variable from Grub2?

[sisco311]

( no, the "text" kernel option doesn't work with SLiM)

Edit the /etc/init.d/slim file to look like this:

...

case $1 in
  start)

    for ARG in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
    do
      case "${ARG}" in
        text|-s|s|S|single)
          plymouth quit || :  # We have the ball here
          exit 0
          ;;
      esac
    done

    if [ "$HEED_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER" = "true" ] &&
       [ -e $DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE ] &&
       [ "$(cat $DEFAULT_DISPLAY_MANAGER_FILE)" != "$DAEMON" ]; then
      echo "Not starting X display manager (slim); it is not the default display manager."
    else
      echo -n "Starting X display manager: slim"
      start-stop-daemon --start --quiet $SSD_START_ARGS || echo -n " already running"
      echo "."
    fi
  ;;
...

( I can't find a way to start up with runlevel 1 without invoking recovery mode or dropping to a root shell)

then create a text mode boot option:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...18&postcount=3