For Ubuntu 11.10 and higher

Edit /etc/default/grub with your favorite editor,

sudo nano /etcdefaultgrub

Find out this line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Change it to:

"text"

Update Grub:

sudo update- No need to remove / disablelightdmupstart conf,it already does that for you.
 
   
 lightdm.conf
 
   
# Check kernel command-line for inhibitors,unless we are being called # manually for ARG in $(cat proccmdline);doif [ "$ARG"="text"];then plymouth quit ||: stop exit 0fidone
 
   
 
   
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