Boot to text mode

Question

How can I boot directly to tty3 without seeing any GUI (login screen of gnome)? I don't want to press Ctrl+Alt+F3 on every startup.

WU-TANG · Answer 1 · 2020-10-08T10:32:30.297

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This is not specifically tty3 but,
In a terminal... sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target

will take you straight to the console on boot...

...and if this is not what you wanted

sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target will bring back your desktop on boot...

edited Oct 08 '20 at 10:32

answered Oct 08 '20 at 10:29

WU-TANG

Can I switch to gnome-shell back? – Oct 08 '20 at 10:30
@maDeveloper yes... if you can sudo init 5 or startx and it will start your graphical desktop session from there. – WU-TANG Oct 08 '20 at 10:38
thanks thanks, and another question; is there a variable that shows tty number? – Oct 08 '20 at 10:59
..... who am i – WU-TANG Oct 08 '20 at 11:29

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