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From: Florian Diesch 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: A basic gnome problem
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:09:35 +0100
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SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> wrote:

> * Niklaus Kuehnis wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, SINNER wrote:
>
>>> * jellybean stonerfish wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>>>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:19:35 +0000, SINNER wrote:
>
>>>>> The combo does not work for me. I have not figured out a way to kill the
>>>>> GUI and still have a useable system under Ubuntu.
>
>> sudo echo false >> /etc/X11/default-display-manager
>> sudo reboot
>
> Odd...
>
> [10:55 PM][J:0][sinner@~]$ sudo echo false >> /etc/X11/default
display-manager
> bash: /etc/X11/default-display-manager: Permission denied

You try the append the output of sudo to the file as normal user 
(the >> is handled by the shell not by sudo)

Try
 sudo sh -c 'echo false >> /etc/X11/default-display-manager'




   Florian
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