On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/29/2009 10:13 AM, Wayne C wrote: > > I have a ubuntu 9.10 desktop system that I use as a home server when I'm > > not using it as a desktop machine. I'd like to be able to boot it > > without the graphical log in and be able to boot to run level 3. So far > > the information I've found on line hasn't helped me. Any advice would be > > appreciated. > > If you want to turn off gdm, it's actually not that hard. > /etc/init.d/gdm stop, and you will no longer have the graphical log in. > However, if you are still using this machine as a desktop I'm not sure > why you'd want to do that. gdm just hanging around isn't using any > processing time, and only a small amount of memory. > > Is there a particular reason you are trying to turn it off? > > -Sean > > If I'm following what you are saying you are suggesting I might as well just log out of gnome and I'll be not using much more resourse then if I booted into run level 3. Is that correct?
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