Text Mode boot

[achuth]

Sir,
I have installed ubuntu 8.04 in an older machine. (256 MB RAM)
I can see things upto login screen properly.
But when I login the desktop is not getting loaded because of the GUI load.

Is there any way to boot ubuntu 8.04 in text mode ?
I don't wish to use the GUI which is reducing the performance.

[ajgreeny]

Much better to use an up-to-date version of xubuntu, or even better lubuntu, on that machine. Why restrict yourself to a command line only, unless that is really all you need?

[achuth]

I don't want GUI.
Is there any way to boot ubuntu 8.04 in text mode ?

[2F4U]

Ubuntu 8.04 is no longer supported so you won't get updates for it. Therefore it is suggested to use a newer version. If you don't want a GUI you could install Ubuntu Server 10.04. By default it is installed without GUI and it is supported for 5 years.

[spacecheck]

Sir,
I have installed ubuntu 8.04 in an older machine. (256 MB RAM)
I can see things upto login screen properly.
But when I login the desktop is not getting loaded because of the GUI load.

Is there any way to boot ubuntu 8.04 in text mode ?
I don't wish to use the GUI which is reducing the performance.

If you are uninterested in the suggestions for using better and more recent low-resource versions, you can look at the following for instructions on how to use runlevel 3:

http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-and-ubuntu-linux-run-levels.html

To simply test the runlevel 3 performance of what you already have, before making any permanent change to the boot loader, you should be able to follow these instructions instead:

http://www.gidforums.com/t-1472.html

I have seen other, more recent, posts citing use of the term "single" instead of "text", so if it doesn't work one way, try the other.

Good luck!