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How to disable X at boot time?

The title says it all really.

I've got Xubuntu 11.04 working as a file server which I SSH into. 90% of the time it's headless and therefore requires no GUI. I don't want to install just a bare server however because there are times when I want the graphical environment.

How do I best do this? I've already set GRUB_DEFAULT=1 in /etc/default/grub but this is doesn't do what I want as I then drop into an ncurses style menu prior to getting a prompt.

I want a normal console.

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In the file /etc/default/grub make sure that the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= contains the word "text", e.g. GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nosplash text". Then run update-grub. When you reboot, you should go to a login prompt. I've had my home server set up this way for a couple of years.

P.S. Have you looked at Webmin to administer your server? It's great.

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