Ubuntu to boot multi-user, but not x
 

Hey all

There is a setting in most linux distros (eg. fedora) to make the computer boot in command line and not load x. It's found in /etc/inittab

However, I cannot find such a function for ubuntu. Outside of uninstalling X, is there a way to do the same for ubuntu?

Thanks!

I'm running Ubuntu 6.06...

You can edit inittab in that version to start you at Run Level 3, instead of the default graphic run level. The entry you're looking for is:

Change "2" to "3". This will boot Ubuntu into RL 3 with no X running. You'll have to "startx" to get into the graphic environment.

I think this should work for you.

Thanks. It looks like Ubuntu changed from inittab to upstart (at least according to this article).

I changed the default setting, but no dice.

Any other thoughts?

Interesting! You learn something new every day with Linux. ;)

From you posted link:

What's in that directory on your system?