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For a completely unrelated problem, I ran update-grub following the instructions in user62644's answer to this post. Ever since, the GUI has been loading by default upon boot, and I have to type Ctrl+Alt+F1 to access the bash shell. I would like the bash shell to load by default upon startup, and just type startx whenever I need the GUI. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

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biohazard
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Edit /etc/default/grub and change this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi=noirq quiet splash"

to this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi=noirq quiet text"

This assumes you actually need the acpi=noirq that was in the linked answer. I can't tell you that, it depends on your hardware. Anyway, once you've done this, refresh grub:

sudo update-grub

And you should now load directly to text.

terdon
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Use

sudo update-rc.d lightdm remove

And you will see desired bash logon shell on startup

To restore:

sudo update-rc.d lightdm defaults
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