Fwd: Booting to terminal

Hi: I found (did not invent) plain way # systemctl set-default multi-user.target whereby it loads into the shell. One couldThat gors ack with # systemctl set-default Then comment out the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" in /etc/default/grub followed by # update grub whereby you get

Re: Booting to terminal

Hi: rc.local (viewed with sysv-rc-conf) has "X" for 2 3 4 and 5. I made 3 4 and 5 blank by removing the "X". On "shutdown - now" and reboot, it still drops directly into xfce (debian9, vintage sony vaio). What wrong am I doing? thanks francesco On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Matthew Heggie <

Re: Booting to terminal

Hello Yes I agree with Hans, you can change the default runlevel to 2 which gives you a terminal then when you are ready, run gdm3 (starts X automatically) or 'sudo init 5' to load the default window manager. Do some research into init runlevels and I think it will help you a great deal with a

Booting to terminal

Hello: I would be happy to learn about a safe way to boot amd64 debian8 (gnome3) and debian9 (xfce) to terminal, followed by startx and either gnome-session or what is correct for xfce. My older method of killing gdm does no more work well. Booting into gui is often giving problems in scientific