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Re: How to boot without GUI



On 27/05/2015, Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 May 2015 16:15:36 +0800
> Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Or, is a way available, without causing damage, that I can do
>> something like go to a console (<CTRL><ALT<F1>) and turn off, from
>> there, the xserver, so as to enable the installation?
>
> It depends on what display manager you are using, if it is for
> example lightdm then simply kill that, and X will shut down.
>
> Try "sudo pkill lightdm".
>
> Petter
>

It is gnome.


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Bret Busby
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