booting in shell and then start graphic

mahmoodn · 11-06-2010, 03:20 AM

I have installed ubuntu desktop (not server) because some users want to access the gui (because of their applications). Now what I want to manage is:
1- boot the system in shell mode.
2- if someone want, use startx command to enter graphic mode for his own. otherwise he can continue to use pure terminal shell.

Is it possible to do such thing? how?

smoker · 11-06-2010, 03:52 AM

Quote:

sisco311
September 29th, 2010, 04:28 AM
While bodhi.zazen's suggestion should work, booting with the text kernel parameter will also prevent display managers managed by Upstart (e.g. gdm, kdm and lxdm) from being started at boot time.

If you are using Grub2, then in /etc/default/grub replace:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
with
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash text"
then run:
sudo update-grub

Remove splash to disable the splash screen and/or quiet to make the boot process verbose.

If you wish to create a separate boot option for the text and GUI mode then check out this.

From http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1584286.html

mahmoodn · 11-06-2010, 07:37 AM

Thanks

fondspar · 11-06-2010, 09:14 AM

Hi, I was wondering about this same thing myself, especially how to make the boot process verbose instead of splash. However I have no /etc/default/grub file. Am I correct to believe I instead will need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst?

~$ uname -a
Linux 2112 2.6.28-19-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 18:00:58 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

~$ ls /boot/grub/
default e2fs_stage1_5 installed-version menu.lst minix_stage1_5 stage1 xfs_stage1_5
device.map fat_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 menu.lst~ reiserfs_stage1_5 stage2

Thanks,
Fonds

mahmoodn · 11-07-2010, 10:13 AM

Then you should open /boot/grub/grub.cfg and find the entry which boot your linux. Mine is:

Code:

menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae" {
        recordfail=1
        if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
	set quiet=1
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,6)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b01d0209-dcad-4ab5-8ceb-ab615c50cc7f
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic-pae root=UUID=b01d0209-dcad-4ab5-8ceb-ab615c50cc7f ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic-pae
}

then change "quiet splash" to "quiet nosplash text". This will boot the linux to command prompt only. Then you can type "startx" whenever you want. Also if you want verbose messages then remove "quiet"