What is the possible strategy to disable x at boot time? I'm setting up a server so it's nice if it doesn't load the graphic interface every time i boot

Best Answer

Edit /etc/default/grub with your favourite editor, e.g. nano .

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Find this line.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Change it to.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

Update grub.

sudo update-grub

For systems that use systemd

^{This is an additional step for systemd releases, e.g. Ubuntu 15.04, the steps above for grub are still necessary.}

You need to tell systemd to not load the graphical login manager.

sudo systemctl enable multi-user.target --force
sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
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You will still be able to use X by typing startx  after you logged in.