Booting LiveCD Without X LiveCD environments can usually be helpful for testing, but if you're troubleshooting a problem where X does not start up, that makes it difficult to retrieve the log files and other such things. But it can be done: 0. Obtain a Live CD for the release you're testing: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ 1. At the CD boot menu, add "text" to the boot options: https://help.ub