Public bug reported: Please dedicate one of the runlevels to properly boot into text mode. (i.e. no gdm/usplash/etc). I realize you can unlink gdm/usplash/etc but when you do this, it appears to boot into tty8 and no login prompt appears unless you physically ctrl/alt to F1 F2 or another console.
** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Need dedicated runelevel for text mode (console) https://launchpad.net/bugs/63010 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs