How Do I log off, kill startx and switch to pure console

[kukubau]

I am testing Lucid right now and I want to log out completely to console so I can delete the ubuntu default user. But whenever I log out I get the welcome "log in " page. How can I have just the console?

Thanks

[tornadof3]

Try Logging off as normal, ctrl-alt-F1, login to the console and then

sudo init 3

Does that take you to run level 3 as I would expect?

[burton247]

I just tried to jump straight to init1 but ubuntu didn't like it lol.

How I did it was reboot, load up recovery mode. Then from there you can drop to root shell, which I think is init 1, not sure why I couldn't get there before. From here you log into a root console. If you want to create another user you can do it all here, then run

 init 3

to get back to multi-user mode

log in and

 startx

and you'll be in unbuntu gui with your new user

[burton247]

Just done some tests. Logging out and switching to a terminal will be an easier way to do it. However, as far as I know you do not need to switch to init 3, just log in as root. And I think X is still running so you wont be able to come out of by running startx you'll have to go for a reboot.

When I tried to get to init 1 from the console I still couldn't, anyone know why?

[Vishal Agarwal]

it is not advisable to delete the default user.
Do you just want to login to some other user completely, with out seeing the default user ?

[mhgsys]

Just done some tests. Logging out and switching to a terminal will be an easier way to do it. However, as far as I know you do not need to switch to init 3, just log in as root. And I think X is still running so you wont be able to come out of by running startx you'll have to go for a reboot.

When I tried to get to init 1 from the console I still couldn't, anyone know why?

for killing X

in tty; (ctrl + alt + f1) kill x as root.

sudo service gdm stop

or

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

to start it again
type

sudo service gdm start

or

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

[kukubau]

Does anyone know why in "Login Screen" settings the "Login as .... automatically" is disabled and how can I enable it?

[darolu]

I just tried to jump straight to init1 but ubuntu didn't like it lol.

How I did it was reboot, load up recovery mode. Then from there you can drop to root shell, which I think is init 1, not sure why I couldn't get there before. From here you log into a root console. If you want to create another user you can do it all here, then run

 init 3

to get back to multi-user mode

log in and

 startx

and you'll be in unbuntu gui with your new user

Jumping to Init 3 will not do the trick as Ubuntu's default runlevel is runlevel 2; in Debian systems Runlevels 2 to 5 have the same services so it won't make any difference. Runlevel 1 (init 1) is Single-user mode, it doesn't configure network nor start demons.
The method mhgsys suggested should work.

[burton247]

Does anyone know why in "Login Screen" settings the "Login as .... automatically" is disabled and how can I enable it?

You have to go admin --> users and groups and enable it there.



Going from init 1 to 3 then starting x working fine for me. What's wrong with using single user mode to delete a user though? I would have thought it was safer as you can only be logged on as root and not another user

[kukubau]

You have to go admin --> users and groups and enable it there.

Even if I login as root, the "Login as" box is disabled.