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Choosing different run level

Asked by vivek

How can I configure my Ubuntu 7.10 to boot from a different run level ?

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Christoph Langner (chrissss) said : 		#1

Ubuntu uses only two runlevels for startup rc1.d and rc2.d. What do you want? Do you want to boot your system without starting the Xserver?

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vivek (viv-sunny) said : 		#2

I want my ubuntu to boot directly into the shell without booting into the gdm. I read somewhere that this can be done by changing the runlevel.
There it was mentioned that this could be done be configuring the /etc/inittab file. However, i couldn't find any such file in the filesystem.

Is there some method of doing this???

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vivek (viv-sunny) said : 		#3

Sorry to say, but i don't understand this. I saw there were six rc*.d subdirectories in the /etc directory and you are talking of two only..

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vivek (viv-sunny) said : 		#4

Sorry to say, but i don't understand this. I saw there were six rc*.d subdirectories in the /etc directory and you are talking of two only..

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vivek (viv-sunny) said : 		#5

Sorry to say, but i don't understand this. I saw there were six rc*.d subdirectories in the /etc directory and you are talking of two only..

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Best Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said : 		#6

To boot into the shell you don't need to change the runlevel. You may change the kernel options from "quiet splash" to "single".
Christoph said Ubuntu uses only 2 runlevels at startup, the others are for different targets.

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vivek (viv-sunny) said : 		#7

Thanks Andrea Corbellini, that solved my question.