That's only correct if you're a Red Hat user. Debian (and thus Ubuntu) have always used runlevel 2 by default, and left 3-5 for users to modify as they see fit
** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Rejected ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott James Remnant -- "telinit 2" doesn't stop X https://launchpad.net/bugs/44314 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs