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Pastimes : Linux OS.: Technical questions
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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (386)4/9/2014 10:05:20 AM
From: Thomas A Watson  Read Replies (1) of 484
 
Migrating from fc13 to ubuntu 13.10 u13.10 0001 ----
After install, I modify the boot process to be text based only. I like to see nothing but text. I get rid of all the abstractions of gui screens. I like to watch the text of the booting precesses. That is the visual song ques of normal.

google ubuntu 13.10 boot in terminal mode.

ubuntuhandbook.org

[my way old school]
If you just want a console for temporary use, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 on keyboard will switch your desktop to tty1.

a. sudo vi /etc/default/grub
modify as shown below.
b. sudo update-grub Restart your computer and see the result.
c. sudo reboot

gedit does not work on a terminal.
If you do not want to reboot and go back to the X screen. Ctrl+Alt+F8

[ubuntu way fuddy duddy]
1. Copy and paste below command into terminal and hit enter:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub This opens Grub boot loader config file with text editor.

2. Do below changes:

  • Comment the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”, by adding # at the beginning, which will disable the Ubuntu purple screen.
  • Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”text”, this makes Ubuntu boot directly into Text Mode.
  • Uncomment this line #GRUB_TERMINAL=console, by removing the # at the beginning, this makes Grub Menu into real black & white Text Mode (without background image)


3. After saved the changes, update grub via command:

sudo update-grub Restart your computer and see the result.
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