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this is my first question and i hope not be breaking any rules.

I was trying to boot at text mode and followed these articles How do I boot into true text mode?

Disable automatic unity launching?

How do I disable X at boot time so that the system boots in text mode?

all saying to edit grub file, I did and it works BUT when use "startx" to go to graphic mode everything is broken... the desktop only shows few icons... i cant click nothing, there isn`t menu bar, clock, nothing... the only option is "control + alt + T" to open a shell and do something...

if i type service lightdm start an error message is returned

if i type service lightdm stop [or] force-reload an error says there isnt lightdm process

if i type startx nothing changes

im using ubuntu 14.04.2 64bits

So my question is:

  • Are there any way off do the oposite? boot at graphic mode and type a command to disable it and go to text?
  • or, anyone knows what can be wrong?
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  • Why do you want to boot into text mode but nonetheless try to use X afterall ? – solsTiCe May 13 '15 at 22:38
  • and if you go back to booting with graphics enabled it all works normally ? I'd guess some of the init scripts need to be started in addition to lightdm, but it's only a guess – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 13 '15 at 23:04

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