Public bug reported:
When I try to start Ubuntu in runlevel 1 (by appending a space followed
by a 1 to the kernel command line in the Grub boot menu), the result is
a hung and unresponsive system. It seems to boot normally, but instead
of presenting a single user mode shell on the console like I would
expect, it tries to start a graphical environment, which displays a
dialog box saying something about Ubuntu running in diminished or
restrictive mode or something like that and that I have to manually
configure the keyboard, mouse, etc. At this point the system hangs.
Neither mouse nor keyboard responds, nor can I switch to a text mode
console with Ctrl+Alt+F1 or similar.
When I boot a system in runlevel 1 I expect a text mode console, not a
graphical environment. But if it must boot a graphical environment it
should obviously work (the fact that it so often does not work is
precisely why it shouldn't even try to start a graphical environment in
runlevel 1, but a text mode console).
This is on Ubuntu Karmic Koala 64-bits with all the latest updates
applied.
I don't know if it is used in this environment or not, but just in case
I have attached my xorg.conf. Please let me know what other information
I can provide to help debug this problem!
lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
uname -a:
Linux peregrin 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 02:39:34 UTC 2010
x86_64 GNU/Linux
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Runlevel 1 (single user mode) broken
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531961
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