Back-up grub

sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub-orig

Edit the following in /etc/default/grub:

#GRUB\_CMDLINE\_LINUX\_DEFAULT="quiet splash"  
GRUB\_CMDLINE\_LINUX="text"  
GRUB\_TERMINAL=console

Update grub

sudo update-grub

Set systemd target. The multi-user.target unit groups many daemons and starts services such as NetworkManager.service and activates another target unit named basic.target

sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target

Check default target

systemctl get-default

The above command links to: /etc/systemd/system/default.target

List all target units

systemctl list-units --type target --all

To reset to graphical target

sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target

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