Force boot to command line

[forcegrown]

Hi all,

just completed an install with ubuntu server 12.04 and then installed kubuntu-desktop. I want to selectively start the UI only when needed, but no matter where I search I cannot find a solution to prevent kubuntu login UI from starting.

Can someone please advise on how to go about achieving this?

Thanks

[forcegrown]

Found it:

echo "manual"|sudo tee -a /etc/init/kdm.override

and to reset

sudo rm /etc/init/kdm.override

What a pain.

[SteveRiley]

What a pain.

Not really...what you've discovered is the proper way to disable an Upstart job.

http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#...cally-starting

[luckyone]

I guess I'm new enough to ask why going to a console logon wouldn't do the job? Or using init 3 from the GRUB screen?

[forcegrown]

Server installation where I want to be able to selectively start the UI when needed only.

[kubicle]

Or using init 3 from the GRUB screen?

Debian based distributions (like *buntus) generally don't distinguish between "normal" runlevels (2-5), like many "rpm" distros do.

Kdm (if installed) will (by default) start also on runlevel 3 on kubuntu.

[luckyone]

Thank you.