[TriLUG] How do you get Ubuntu 11.10 to boot into CLI mode?

[Jym Williams Zavada]

In a nutshell, you need to add the word 'text' to the kernel boot arguments 
in grub, after making sure your system is thoroughly updated.  For full 
details, see:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/70188/how-do-i-boot-into-console-mode

-Jym Williams Zavada


On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 at 09:51, Steve Litt wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How do you get Ubuntu 11.10 to boot into CLI mode (used to be called
> runlevel 3) instead of GUI mode (used to be called runlevel 5)?
>
> Thanks
>
> SteveT
> --