My Ubuntu boots up to GUI interface.
How do I get to the cli or at least a text window? I can't do anything useful with a gui.
2 Answers
Access command line with Ctrl+Alt+T or Ctrl+Alt+F1
You can also set up Ubuntu to boot to the command line instead of GUI.
From a terminal edit /etc/default/grub
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
change the line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"
Save the file, then run:
sudo update-grub
Next time you boot it will stay in text (command line) mode instead of starting the GUI. If you want to start the GUI from the command line, use the command "startx".