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Starting Ubuntu without the GUI

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Mar 15, 202670555 views
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I want to boot a "Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS" server, but I want XFCE not to be started, nor X at all, only Shell. How do I tell my server to boot to the shell, not running XFCE at all? I have an SSH connection to the server, but no display connected. Since I migrated from earlier versions I use GRUB 1, wh…

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Fix for: Starting Ubuntu without the GUI

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I see three ways to do it: 1. Changing the default runlevel You can set it at the beginnign of replace 2 by 3 and reboot. You can enable the graphical interface with .(More about runlevels) 2. Do not launch the graphical interface service on boot Qu…

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