Questions tagged [text-mode]

Text mode refers to either using one of the virtual terminals or booting Ubuntu without using a graphics server such as X.

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Non-graphical terminals take a long time to log in

When I log in using SSH or after pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, it takes several seconds after I enter my password to finally show the following: Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64)...
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Using grub2 for temporary boot into text mode

I want to boot temporary into text mode using grub2 and followed the steps explained in How to boot into command line on Ubuntu or Debian. Running cat /proc/cmdline from the terminal than gives the ...
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How to auto-login in text mode?

I have a Raspberry Pi 2 with Ubuntu Mate 15.04. I've managed to make it boot in console mode, but now I want to enable auto login. I already tried a lot of things, like: Editing /etc/inittab. ...
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verbose displayed halfly over text mode booting

I tried to boot my Ubuntu into text mode with verbosity enabled, this is what I configured in /etc/default/grub: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text init=/sbin/init --verbose vga=791" then update-grub ...
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Keep X-sessions active when I switch to another TTY

I am using Ubuntu 19.04 server and I use startx [application] to run any graphical applications. When I use Opera browser or any other browser and play music, when I switch to another tty, the music ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 desktop another graphical issues

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04.1 desktop edition on my lenovo ideapad z500 laptop and i'm facing graphical issues. After the grub menu during live USB boot, the image on the monitor shrinks ...
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GUI Application Resolution from Text Mode OS

I'm trying to turn a computer into a Linux thin client via Ubuntu. I have a Dell OptiPlex 755 loaded with Ubuntu 14.04 installed and fully patched. I've configured the OS to run in text mode and ...
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Is it possible to explicitly have Ubuntu 22.04 present *pure* character mode? (instead of rich character mode)

This question may be weird, but it is genuine. Using Ubuntu Desktop 22.04, and after executing sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target, I can have Ubuntu boot into text login mode. But I find ...
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Ubuntu 15.04 remastering boot option "text"

I remastered an Ubuntu 14.04 ISO. In isolinux.cfg I could use the boot-option "text". Remastering 15.04 this no longer works. "text" mode is ignored and the gui/desktop starts. How can I fix this?
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Can't leave text mode once entered

Im using Ubuntu 14.10 32bit And I want to install Nvidia official driver as I've dome many time. But once I press Ctrl+Alt+F1, I enter a stucked command line where I cant press anything also not ...
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Text based installation for Server

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 server on one of my machines (1U server) but graphics at the time of installation has an issue. Previously I would remove HDD connect it to other computer, install ...
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