How do I exit GUI

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I want to exit GUI and get to the command line. I know how to switch to a console, but this leaves GUI running.

Alternatively how do I get Mate 15.10 to boot to command line.

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To "kill" off the graphical session from a console:

sudo service lightdm stop

To boot directly to the command line, see this post on Ubuntu Forums.

In particular:

... when the menu displays (hold the SHIFT key during boot if needed):

  1. Highlight the first entry and press 'e' to edit it.
  2. Cursor to the end of the 'linux' line. Remove 'quiet splash vt.handoff=7' and add 'single'.
  3. CTRL-x to boot.

None of these kernel options actually use the quote symbols.

If you wish to make this permanent, edit /etc/default/grub.

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