方法1. 编辑/boot/grub/grub.cfg文件
sudo chmod 777 /boot/grub/grub.cfg
sudo emacs /boot/grub/grub.cfg
找到类似如下代码：
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0624bfde-9fd7-4a60-ae92-3f43e6efce3d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=0624bfde-9fd7-4a60-ae92-3f43e6efce3d ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
在quiet后面加上text，结果应如下所示：
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0624bfde-9fd7-4a60-ae92-3f43e6efce3d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=0624bfde-9fd7-4a60-ae92-3f43e6efce3d ro quiet text
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
sudo chmod 644 /boot/grub/grub.cfg
方法2. 修改/etc/init/gdm.conf为gdm.disable
sudo mv /etc/init/gdm.conf gdm.disable
在控制台下进入gdm的使用sudo gdm
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补充资料4，以下内容转载自：http://askubuntu.com/questions/76543/how-do-i-disable-gdm-and-graphical-user-selection
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The new Ubuntu features a completely unkillable gdm. Is there a way to disable it? It is not enabled in services , the gdm startup script is deleted , it is removed from 'update.rc' but it still starts up. How do I disable GDM and Graphical User Selection?
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In Ubuntu 10.4 you should refer to Upstart http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. Upstart handle start of gdm, so you should edit /etc/init/gdm.conf # sudo vi /etc/init/gdm.conf Default runlevel in ubuntu 10.4 is 2 so you must change this line stop on runlevel [016] adding "2" at runlevel list stop on runlevel [0126]
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Do:
Which prints:
This will allow you to disable GDM while preventing package upgrades from putting the file back in place andallowing the GDM package to upgrade the configuration file. In the case of 11.x and above lightdm is used instead of GDM. I instead used the command: To undo it replace the rename and add with a remove.
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I found this thread to be very helpful: http://newyork.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305659 The solution that I found that worked consistently was post 30 by iscatel
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Recent versions of Ubuntu are using upstart instead of SysV init.
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Follow the directions of @freedev: And change to: Also And change to: Note the missing 2 in the tty1.conf. This is so that you get tty1 up and running and can log on into the first console. No need to mess with grub. |
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You can switch to some other display manager (kdm or xdm being two most widespread alternatives, but there are many more, see Wikipedia).
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For those who arrive on this topic, follow the instructions of freedev, but instead of stop gdm on run level 2, you should prevent it from starting on runlevel 2 : Edit /etc/init/gdm.conf Change this line By this line You can also exclude others run level (3, 4 and 5) |
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补充资料5，以下内容转载自：http://linux.koolsolutions.com/2009/07/24/tip-disable-gdm-kdm-or-xdm-from-starting-up-automatically/
Disable GDM, KDM or XDM from starting up automatically
Jul.24, 2009in Tips, X WindowsHere is a quick tip to disable your login manager like GDM, KDM or XDM from starting up automatically upon system boot. Many times you need to boot your Linux system just to a console based mode and ideally you would like to start the X server (Graphics/Login manager) only when you need it.
Disable login/graphics manager
To disable the login manager on your Debian/Ubuntu system (which in turns prevents X server to start automatically) give the following command:
# update-rc.d -f gdm removeNow next time when you reboot your system, it will just to a plain console mode and now if you want to start your graphics manager all you need to do is simply give the following command as root depending on the type of login manager that you have:
# /etc/init.d/gdm startor
# /etc/init.d/kdm startor
# /etc/init.d/xdm startTo switch back to console mode from graphics mode hit:
Ctrl+Alt+F1and now to switch back to graphics mode hit:
Ctrl+Alt+F7Enable/Restore login manager
Let’s say you want to restore your system just like it was before i.e. Linux will boot into graphics mode automatically as it normally does. To do that give the following command:
# update-rc.d gdm defaultsThat’s it. Now when you reboot your system next time it will start one of your login manager.
Happy consoling!!!
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补充资料6，以下内容转载自：http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/prevent-xorg-from-starting-in-linux/
Ubuntu Linux stop / disable GNOME GUI ~ X.org
Q. I don’t need GUI as I’m developing CLI based applications. By default Ubuntu Loads Gnome GUI. How do I disable X.org / Gnome under Linux so that I get text only login?
A. You can use GUI tools or command line tools to disable GDM (Gnome Display Manager) service (/etc/init.d/gdm).
Disable GDM using GUI tools
The Services Administration Tool allows you to specify which services will be started during the system boot process. You can type the command:
services-admin
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Or just click on System > Administration > Services
Now you will be prompted for the administrator password, this is necessary because the changes done with this tool will affect the whole system. After entering the administrator password, the following window is displayed:
Make sure you remove GDM (Gnome login manager) by disabling the the checkbox and close the window.
Enable GDM using Command Line (CLI) tools
Ubuntu comes with rcconf and update-rc.d command. rcconf allows you to control which services are started when the system boots up or reboots. It displays a menu of all the services which could be started at boot. The ones that are configured to do so are marked and you can toggle individual services on and off.
Install rcconf
Use apt-get command:
sudo
apt-get install rcconf
Now start rcconf:
sudo
rcconf
Again you will be prompted for the administrator password, this is necessary because the changes done with this tool will affect the whole system. After entering the administrator password, the following text based window is displayed on screen:
Next enable GDM service by pressing space bar (check the checkbox) > Click OK to save the changes.
update-rc.d command
This is 3rd and old method. You can enable or disable any service using update-rc.d command.
Task: Disable X.org GUI
Just enter command:
sudo
update-rc.d -f gdm remove
Task: Enable X.org GUI
Just enter command:
sudo
update-rc.d -f gdm defaults
You can always start GUI from a shell prompt by typing startx command:
startx
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Please note that you can use above tools to enable or disable any services under Debian / Ubuntu Linux.
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- March 31, 2008 at 11:11 pm
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This command should not be used by users to disable gdm:
sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove
While it may seem to work, that’s just a side effect. This is a packager’s tool, not an administration tool.
A better approach (recommended to me by slangasek, the Ubuntu release manager) is:
mv /etc/rc2.d/S30gdm /etc/rc2.d/disabled-S30gdm
mv /etc/rc2.d/K30gdm /etc/rc2.d/disabled-K30gdm - January 12, 2009 at 5:27 pm
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I shall second to Bryce. And to add insult to injury: when trying to temporarily suspend some services this way, on might end up with pretty screwed system.
sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove — this removes all links to /etc/init.d/gdm and if you did not pay attention to their original sequence numbers… try to remove gdm this way and restore it afterwards. default restore method, you suggested, will use sequence number 20 for start and kill, original for ubuntu gdm is btw 30 for start and 01 for kill.And because disabling gdm by itself really is not enough, one has to disable usplash also. When you use this same-old default remove -command and later on wanna restore gdm & usplash, you’ll end up with both of them started at the same sequence and this also means no mouse/keyboard while sitting at gdmgreeter login…
Nice enough?
commands for restoring such systems original condition would be:
update-rc.d -f gdm remove
update-rc.d -f usplash remove
update-rc.d -f gdm defaults 30 01
update-rc.d -f usplash defaults 98 02use sudo, if need be.
- March 2, 2009 at 6:13 pm
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I’ve had a horrible time removing the GUI from Ubuntu 8 Maybe I have the wrong version, but I finally ran into this site, and installed and ran rcconf and removed gdm and a few other things related to X and some other stuff I didn’t think I needed. I’m running this as a VM so the last thing I need is a bulky GUI slowing things down. waiting for reboot… Woot, finally a regular login prompt. A couple errors came on the screen, but I don’t care, as long as I don’t have a GUI taking away my ram.
- April 21, 2009 at 9:13 am
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sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf ; sudo sysv-rc-confrcconf looks like an unfinished product besides sysv-rc-conf.
- November 11, 2009 at 10:18 pm
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SaltwaterC: sysv-rc-conf is such a great tool, thanks for the tip! A. Saavedra
- October 18, 2010 at 2:56 pm
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Hi… Is there anyway I can just access a command prompt line like in Windows? And still be on the gui/gdm?
- October 18, 2010 at 4:03 pm
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Junaid, you mean a console terminal? If using GNome simply go to Applications > Accesories > Terminal
- October 19, 2010 at 12:35 pm
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Thanks… You’re a real blessing. I’m new to this stuff.
- February 12, 2011 at 10:09 pm
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lol linux people pwned with terminals long before Windows people did.
- May 19, 2011 at 10:40 pm
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I have used the command as stated above (update-rc.d -f remove/defaults) with great success. I have not used it in Ubuntu 11.4 yet?
Sometimes people have problem with display drivers or what have you and need Not to get on the GUI until they’ve solved the problem. So this is a great tool in fact once I made a little script out of it. - August 10, 2011 at 7:31 am
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Rename gdm.conf to gdm.disabled
file location: etc/init
- August 29, 2011 at 6:52 am
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Zaid is DA MAN!!
only thing that worked on Natty 11.04
hope I didn’t screw up my system trying all the other stuff I found.
startx gets you in manually once you’ve logged in to that beautiful black and white console
- November 25, 2011 at 1:35 pm
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Thanks, that i was looking for too. Only this working in 11.10
- February 13, 2012 at 6:08 pm
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The thing that worked for me. Running Ubuntu 10.10.
- February 14, 2012 at 1:47 pm
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Ah, but if you receive updates to your system, then updates to GDM may very well install a new gdm.conf, causing your system to boot into X Windows again.
On the other hand, if you create a gdm.override file and put the word manual in it, then it won’t matter if gdm.conf is ever updated, or recreated, the override will still be effective in preventing X from starting.
- October 29, 2011 at 10:17 pm
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good & detailed post
- December 15, 2011 at 10:09 pm
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Is it just me, or does this page display with a huge ad (usually for Cisco) covering much of the content? So far as I see, there is no way to close the ad.
… among the most annoying website traits, just after sites with talking ads.
- January 13, 2012 at 1:29 pm
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I realize this post is a couple years old, but it still shows up at the top of the search results in Google, so I suppose it’s worth having accurate information.
In the current release of Ubuntu upstart is used in place of init, so one should edit the files in /etc/init and notmodify any rc scripts (i.e. sysv-rc-conf, rcconf, update-rc are all no-no’s). I can’t speak to previous releases of Ubuntu, so I don’t mean to suggest the original article is incorrect.
Rather than renaming /etc/init/lightdm.conf (or gdm.conf, kdm.conf, etc, as the case may be) you should create /etc/init/lightdm.override and put in it one line with just the word
manual
(without the quotes) – this will prevent upstart from starting the job automatically, and will allow it only to be started manually (hence the “manual” keyword). You should also remove the
quiet
,
splash
and
vt.handoff=7
kernel parameters from your GRUB configuration – to do so, edit /etc/default/grub, change
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
and run /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Ubuntu boots into runlevel 2 by default, so in my system I’ve got it setup so that X does not start in runlevel 2, but will in runlevel 3, 4 and 5 (which used to be the case in the days of old) – if you want to take that approach, change your /etc/init/lightdm.override file to:
start on (filesystem
and runlevel [!026]
and started dbus
and (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1
or stopped udev-fallback-graphics)stop on runlevel [0126]
- January 13, 2012 at 1:32 pm
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Let me fix some formatting…
In the current release of Ubuntu upstart is used in place of init, so one should edit the files in /etc/init and notmodify any rc scripts (i.e. sysv-rc-conf, rcconf, update-rc are all no-no’s). I can’t speak to previous releases of Ubuntu, so I don’t mean to suggest the original article is incorrect.
Rather than renaming /etc/init/lightdm.conf (or gdm.conf, kdm.conf, etc, as the case may be) you should create /etc/init/lightdm.override and put in it one line with just the word manual – this will prevent upstart from starting the job automatically, and will allow it only to be started manually (hence the “manual” keyword). You should also remove the quiet, splash and vt.handoff=7 kernel parameters from your GRUB configuration – to do so, edit /etc/default/grub, change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash” toGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”" and run /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Ubuntu boots into runlevel 2 by default, so in my system I’ve got it setup so that X does not start in runlevel 2, but will in runlevel 3, 4 and 5 (which used to be the case in the days of old) – if you want to take that approach, change your /etc/init/lightdm.override file to:
start on (filesystem and runlevel [!026] and started dbus and (drm-device-added card0 PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1 or stopped udev-fallback-graphics) stop on runlevel [0126]