i'm trying to change from runlevel 5 to runlevel 3 by running sudo init 3 command.
for some reason it doesn't do anything anymore.
the weird thing is that if i run the command runlevel it shows me that i'm at level 3.
tried to run init 5 and then init 3 and still nothing.
does anybody knows how to fix it?
From the manpages:
Runlevels are a concept from UNIX(R) System V used by the init(8)
daemon or other system initialisation system to define modes of system
operation.
The Upstart init(8) daemon has no native concepts of runlevel, and
unlike the System V daemon, makes no attempt to keep track of the
current runlevel.
Ubuntu and other modern Linux distributions have replaced System V init with Upstart:
Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running.
If you must switch to what is now closest to runlevel 3 do it by stopping your gdm or lightdm service.
