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Subject: [Discuss] text-screen login?
From: edwardp at linuxmail.org (edwardp at linuxmail.org)
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:23:53 -0400
In-reply-to: <20120418103059.a48ed634.nobluspam5476@penguinmail.com>
References: <20120418103059.a48ed634.nobluspam5476@penguinmail.com>

R. Luoma wrote:
> For some for the recent distros (e.g. ubuntu)
> I am having difficulty figuring out how to kill
> the GUI login and have the old-fashion
> text-terminal-like login screen.
>
> Does anyone have helpful advice
> on how to set up a freshly installed
> linux-based system to start with
> a text-screen login
>
> Thanks,

You could always add runlevel 3 to the boot parameters.

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