Force Ubuntu desktop Boot into Text Console Mode

Tested in ubuntu deskop 16. short url: s_force-text SOLUTION # sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak && \ sudo sed -ie 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"/g' /etc/default/grub && \ sudo sed -ie 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="text"/g' /etc/default/grub && \ sudo sed -ie 's/#GRUB_TERMINAL/GRUB_TERMINAL/g' /etc/default/grub && \ sudo update-grub && \ sudo systemctl enable multi-user.target --force && \ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target && \ sudo reboot OBS: sometimes, by changing “multi-user.target” is enough, but sometimes we have to update grub. Have not dug into the reason. ...