Aug 9, 2017

Disabling x server

  • Use ctrl + alt + F1 to switch to terminal
  • login with your credentials
  • do:
    • sudo service lightdm stop
    •  lightdm and xserver should be stopped now (check with ctrl + alt + F7 , which is your current xorg session, it should not show any desktop now)
  • Once finished with the installation (or other work) do:
    •  sudo service lightdm start
    • to start lightdm and xorg again

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