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Thread: Disabling gdm/lightdm?

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    Disabling gdm/lightdm?

    How can I disable the whole login-ui? I want the computer to boot directly to command line, like a server install, so i can start fluxbox whenever i need to.

    Secondly...if I wanted to just purge the whole gnome install...what packages would I have to remove?

    Thanks!

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    Re: Disabling gdm/lightdm?

    Hi

    Open a terminal and type

    Code:
    echo  "manual" | sudo tee /etc/init/lightdm.override
    Enter your password. It will not be echoed to the screen.

    That should overide light dm and stop it booting automatically.

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    Re: Disabling gdm/lightdm?

    Add the boot option text after "quiet splash" in the file
    /etc/default/grub

    Code:
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash text"
    and run
    Code:
    sudo update-grub

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