Ubuntu startup run level

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How do I make Ubuntu 12.04 to start at a runlevel other than default 2.although I could change run level after starting from terminal it does not remain when I restart

This already seems to answer your question http://askubuntu.com/questions/228402/boot-to-runlevel-3 — Rinzwind, Jul 01 '16 at 20:29

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 01 '16 at 20:56

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You can give the kernel your desired run-level on boot by pressing C with your boot-entry selected and add init=<your-runlevel-number> to the kernel parameter passed on boot and press F10 to boot with that edited line once.

Or you can edit your grub.cfg to edit the parameters permanent (not recommended for Ubuntu and other distributions that check for change of important configuration files). @videonauth suggest in chat and is right about that you have to update the /etc/default/grub and the files in /etc/grub.d/ instead followed by a sudo update-grub to update your installation properly.

edited Jul 01 '16 at 20:56

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answered Jul 01 '16 at 20:38

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BTW what is boot entry. is it entry on grub menu – user2104628 Jul 01 '16 at 20:47
yup, it is the entry on the grub menu. – Kupferdrache Jul 01 '16 at 20:56
Init statement was not found however initrd was.so should I use inird – user2104628 Jul 02 '16 at 04:04

Ubuntu startup run level

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