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I am looking to just force my box to end all GUI instances for server usage. I want to be able to start them back up again for desktop usage later on.



I have tried:



sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo service gdm stop
sudo service gnome stop
sudo service gdm stop gdm: unrecognized service
sudo service gnome stop gnome: unrecognized service
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop sudo: /etc/init.d/gdm: command not found

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Precise Pangolin uses lightdm instead of gdm, so something like the following should work.



sudo service lightdm stop

[#35953] Sunday, January 2, 2022, 2 Years  [reply] [flag answer]
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