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Someone has changed my default runlevel to 6 so whenever I start Ubuntu it reboots..

Can anyone help me by suggesting some solution how to change my default runlevel?

linunix
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Boot in single user mode (probably edit the boot command, adding a "1" at the end), and once the system is running, change the default runlevel back.

vonbrand
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Ubuntu has recovery shell option, which is accessible through grub menu's Advanced Options for Ubuntu. Remember to remount system with mount / -o rw,remount in order to allow changes to the system.

Alternatively, you can get to the grub menu, highlight Ubuntu, press e to edit the entry. Add init=/bin/bash, change default runlevel, reboot. Related link

There's also liveCD/ liveUSB recovery option.

Consult the ubuntu wiki for changing runlevels as well as booting to single user mode

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Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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