Login to GUI through Command line

Question

I want to login to Ubuntu through command line which will then redirect me to GUI, is there any way to do this?

Answer 1

To boot straight to the command line you need to modify GRUB.

1. Edit grub config file sudo nano /etc/default/grub
2. Change the option GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to read GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"
3. Save the file and exit CTRL+X, press Y and then ENTER
4. Type sudo update-grub from the terminal to update the GRUB bootloader with your new configuration.
5. Reboot and you should be presented with a terminal instead of X.
6. Type startx to load the default shell.