How do I boot into true text mode?
Edit in /etc/default/grub
# Stops the ubuntu purple screen
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
GRUB_TERMINAL=console
Then run a sudo update-grub
.
To ensure 'that dumb purple screen' never shows up again after boot, do the following on the /etc/default/grub
file:
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
- Press i to enter into vi edit mode.
- Uncomment the line which reads
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
by removing the leading#
- Press Esc to exit vi edit mode.
- Type :wq to save the change made to the
/etc/default/grub
file and exit vi Update
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
to have your change apply by runningsudo update-grub
If your computer uses systemd, you must tell systemd to skip the default login GUI thus:
sudo systemctl enable multi-user.target --force
sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
- Reboot your computer:
sudo reboot
Now, 'that dumb purple screen' will never show up again.
Remember, you must update /boot/grub/grub.cfg
to have your changes apply.