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Rademes

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2015-12-13

Posts: 637

[SOLVED] Boot in pure text mode

Good day!
How can I boot into text-mode only without any GUI components booted? I know about Ctrl+Alt+F1, but it still keeps GUI Desktop running in the background.
What I need is pure text mode.
This article haven't helped unfortunately: http://ask.xmodulo.com/boot-into-comman … ebian.html

Last edited by Rademes (2016-06-24 09:36)

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Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

Re: [SOLVED] Boot in pure text mode

What I have done in the past if I needed a text only interface (for server) is just install a base debian installation without gui by de-selecting the desktop option in the installer, but if you want to use Q4OS specifically for this I'm not sure if it is possible as the OS is a desktop environment.
Looking at that link you provided I am guessing that you want to have a desktop installation but boot into only text mode so my reply might not really fit your requirements.

Rademes

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2015-12-13

Posts: 637

Re: [SOLVED] Boot in pure text mode

No, I need pure text mode for currently installed Q4OS for some maintenance purposes.

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q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot in pure text mode

Boot to desktop, run in terminal:
$ sudo systemctl mask tdm-trinity.service
Reboot to text mode
$ sudo systemctl unmask tdm-trinity.service
Reboot to gui mode

Rademes

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From: Latvia

Registered: 2015-12-13

Posts: 637

Re: [SOLVED] Boot in pure text mode

Just to let you know, why I asked.
I installed newest version of libdbus-1-3 from Debian's webpage, and it broke my package system. When I tried to fix using qapt_fix.sh, it wrote, that I should remove A LOT of important system packages, so I thought that If I boot in pure text mode without GUI loading, it will not ask for such ridiculous removal, but it wrote the same. Finally the only way was to restore entire system from Live backup using Systemback.
So be extremely careful even if you are installing .deb packages even from proven Debian's portal, as it could lead you to OS reinstallation or full restore if you have made backup! Always make system backups before testing unknown packages!
P.S. System restored successfully. Systemback again made great job. Recommend it to all Linux users.

Last edited by Rademes (2016-06-24 19:49)

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q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot in pure text mode

... be extremely careful even if you are installing .deb packages even from proven Debian's portal ...

Installation from other then Jessie compatible sources will probably lead in dependencies mismatch. We don't recommend to install packages from incompatible sources, for example Debian Stretch, Sid, Ubuntu or others.

If you will need to remove improperly installed package, you can do it in terminal:
$ sudo dpkg -r --force-all <incorrect-package(s)>
$ sudo apt-get install -f
$ sudo sh /usr/share/apps/q4os_system/bin/qapt_fix.sh