I was going to suggest that you could just change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab, but it looks like Ubuntu has done away with the inittab file in the recent versions. And, they also start Gnome in every runlevel, rather than just in 5. About half way down on this page(the 7:56 post) http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-466108.html mattie_linux suggests looking in /etc/rc2.d and renaming the S13gdm file to K13gdm (mine is S30gdm on Hardy). The S is a start file and the K is a stop file. He also mentions that 2 is the usual default run level in Ubuntu (who knew... ) You can check what runlevel you are running at with then "runlevel" command. Heres a blurb on Debian and Ubuntu runlevels: http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-and-ubuntu-linux-run-levels.html It looks like they have made run levels 3-5 the same as 2. So by stopping gdm(gnome) at run level 2 you effectively get a command line startup. He also mentions how to start gdm later if you want it.
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