How do I boot to text only mode in Ubuntu 13.10

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Kylar1

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Just applied the latest update for Parallels 9. Windows updated fine. Ubuntu just gets to a black screen after the login. I also have no mouse control (though I can type my password at the login screen - login graphics are good ). I have turned video acceleration off. I have tried to do a "blind" update by just typing in my password at the black screen after things settled down - no luck. Tried turning acceleration of and on - no luck. I also have on the black screen a message: "System problem detected" but I can not get it to go away.

I have had this problem before - I know parallels wants my to reinstall parallels tools. I did it by booting Ubuntu into text only mode (no graphics) but I cannot figure out (or remember) how to do it. Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
Looran@Parallels said:
Hi Kylar1,

To install Parallels Tools on your VM, please go to page 175 on the Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide mentioned below:

http://download.parallels.com/desktop/v9/ga/docs/en_US/Parallels Desktop User's Guide.pdf

Also, follow the link below to know how to boot into text mode on your Ubuntu VM:

http://ubuntuguide.net/boot-into-text-mode-and-login-automatically

Thanks,
Looran
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No joy. I tried the procedure on pg175 - I do not have a install parallels tools but do have update, waited, did not seem to do anything. Was able to get to terminal mode but I cannot mount the ISO - unknown file type iso9660. Tried directly as root with no luck. VM was working fine until the update. And as stated before I have no mouse or video control. Ideas?
Thanks.
 
Not familiar with the Ubuntu distros, but if it's similar to Fedora, you should be able to hold down Ctrl+Opt+F2 to go to a text login screen.
 
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