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Cmd line option in login screen

Asked by Dean Browning

Can an option to boot into command line be added to the login screen. I would like to start in command line and use the startx if I need to.

Dean

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Allen (allenlitchfield) said : 		#1

At the login screen, press <Ctl+Alt+F1> without the <>. to exit, type in <Ctl+Alt+F7>. I don't know if those are able to use startx though. Hope this helps

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Dean Browning (dcb53719) said : 		#2

No, I want to have the command line from the login menu. Do not want to swap out to it

Dean

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Dean,

What you are basically asking for is an option to kill GDM, from GDM. I don't think this is feasible (but I certainly could be wrong).

If you want to disable GDM you can use the following command:

    sudo mv /etc/init/gdm.conf /etc/init/gdm.conf-disabled

To undo, simply referse:

   sudo mv /etc/init/gdm.conf-disabled /etc/init/gdm.conf

Good luck,
George

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#4

Do you want from the login menu or could you be interested by a new option in boot menu ?

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