Ali Aboosaidi Umm… Unorthodox?

Linux: Boot to text mode instead of graphical interface

So you installed your Linux server with gnome or kde and now want to boot to text mode, mostly to save some resources that are being used by your X server…

Debian:
go to /etc/init.d and execute:

 update-rc.d -f gdm remove

for kde:

 update-rc.d -f kdm remove

to restore:

 update-rc.d -f gdm/kdm defaults

The above command works for pretty much any script you want loaded during boot. Simply copy your script to /etc/init.d or make a symbolic link and execute the command.

CentOS/REHL:
Edit your GRUB

nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

and add runlevel you need to the boot line. Text mode is usually runlevel 3:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet 3

SuSE:
Edit grub and add level 3 to your boot line:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.21-0.1-pae root=/dev/sda5 resume=/dev/sda9 splash=silent crashkernel=128M-:64M@16M showopts vga=0x317 level 3

You can always run to graphical mode by using the command:

startx

Other distros: google it

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