[00:12] <timClicks> i'm converting an old laptop into something of a server
[00:13] <timClicks> how do I log into a shell? e.g. sans ubuntu-desktop
[00:20] <Atamira> merry christmas all
[00:39] <ojwb> timClicks: Alt-F1 to F6 should give you a login prompt
[00:39] <timClicks> ojwb: noted, but I want to avoid the memory overhead
[00:39] <ojwb> modern ubuntu comes up on VT7 it seems, even if you don't have X running
[00:39] <ojwb> timClicks: um, memory overhead?
[00:40] <timClicks> am following http://www.debianadmin.com/howto-boot-debian-in-text-mode-instead-of-graphical-mode-gui.html
[00:40] <timClicks> see how things go
[00:40] <ojwb> it's a key press
[00:40] <ojwb> there's not a lot of memory overhead
[00:40] <timClicks> oh.. from gdm/lightdm?
[00:40] <ojwb> the VTs are there anyway, Alt+Fkey just switches between them
[00:40] <ojwb> no, it's nothing to do with X
[00:41] <timClicks> sweet :)
[00:41] <timClicks> sorted
[00:41] <ojwb> you can tell it to come up on VT1, let me just check
[00:42] <ojwb> sudo sed -i '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=/ s/\<splash\>//;/^#GRUB_TERMINAL=console/ s/#//' /etc/default/grub
[00:43] <ojwb> the first part turns off the splash option, and that causes it to come up on VT1
[00:43] <ojwb> the second part give you the text console rather than a text console in graphics mode
[00:44] <ojwb> you may or may not want the second part - I find it's much more responsive when connecting to remote VMs using virt-manager
[00:44] <ojwb> oh, and: sudo update-grub
[00:44] <ojwb> grub is the default boot manager