How to get Ubuntu 17.10 to boot to a text prompt instead of the login manager.

To boot Linux with the text scrolling past, and no bootsplash, edit the /etc/default/grub file and change the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT value to “text”. # If you change this file, run ‘update-grub’ afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. # For full documentation of the options in this file, see: # info -f grub -n ‘Simple configuration’   GRUB_DEFAULT=0 … Read more