How to disable graphical boot on Linux

By Matt Fahrner, on May 16th, 2008

On Fedora, edit “/etc/sysconfig/init” and set:

GRAPHICAL=no

Also edit “/boot/grub/grub.conf” and remove the “rhgb” option on kernel options line (“rhgb” standing for “Red Hat Graphical Boot”).

If you want to disable X11 automatic startup, change “/etc/inittab” default run level:

id:5:initdefault:

to:

id:3:initdefault:

You will then have to start X11 manually if you want to use X11.