aze Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Hi all! I want non-graphical startup for linux. I'd like it runnig in verbose mode I already set lilo for using text mode but when lilo starts loading the system it runs a graphical interface. How would I change that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 By what you mean by non-graphical startup, do you mean that you don't want X to start by default? Or you just want the verbose method to be available by default without pressing esc? If it is the former, then edit your /etc/inittab file as root so that this line id:5:initdefault: becomes id:3:initdefault: If it is the later, then edit your /etc/lilo.conf file as root so that the in the line append= you delete the words splash=silent Don't forget to run lilo afterward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 (edited) splash=quiet I use grub but here what I have; title ML-10 kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-1 root=/dev/hda6 devfs=mount idebus=133 hdd=ide-scsi acpi=on splash=quiet vga=normal initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.0-1.img title Gentoo-mm1 kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.1-mm1 root=/dev/hda8 devfs=mount idebus=133 hdd=ide-scsi acpi=on splash=quiet vga=normal initrd (hd0,7)/boot/initrd-2.6.1-mm1.img Edited January 11, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aze Posted January 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 If it is the later, then edit your /etc/lilo.conf file as root so that the in the lineappend= you delete the words splash=silent Don't forget to run lilo afterward ok, its automatically starts on verbose mode but it have the graphical bootup interface. It's not about X (init 3) Its about bootup interface. /etc/lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda9 map=/boot/map install=menu vga=0x0f01 default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=30 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda9 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda10" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda9 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda10" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp label="linux-smp" root=/dev/hda9 initrd=/boot/initrd-smp.img append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda10 splash=silent " read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda9 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda10" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 splash=quiet I use grub but here what I have; title ML-10<!--QuoteEBegin-->kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-1 root=/dev/hda6 devfs=mount idebus=133 hdd=ide-scsi acpi=on splash=quiet vga=normal<!--QuoteEBegin-->initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.0-1.img<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteEBegin-->title Gentoo-mm1<!--QuoteEBegin-->kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.1-mm1 root=/dev/hda8 devfs=mount idebus=133 hdd=ide-scsi acpi=on splash=quiet vga=normal<!--QuoteEBegin-->initrd (hd0,7)/boot/initrd-2.6.1-mm1.img *cough :deal: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aze Posted January 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 worked. whats the difference between lilo and grub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 (edited) 1. the way it is configured 2. grub always works...without fail...never a LI or 99 or something lilo'ish. 3. It's the default for Red Hat/Fedora, SuSE, Debian, Libranet, among many other distros...and the reason? Number 2. 4. More versatile and can do things that lilo can't, easier. so, why is it not mandrake's default? 5. Not as pretty as lilo :lol: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=10616 Edited January 11, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 >so, why is it not mandrake's default? >5. Not as pretty as lilo I beg to differ good sir, I believe grub looks better than lilo, especially in fedora, with the X boot up - very tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 and of course my custom made "trinityOS" grub screen ;) note: M-and-M's grub installation gave an error after the first reboot ... grub error number 17 lilo worked fine ... but I'm sure he will forget to /sbin/lilo once or twice after editing lilo.conf :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesea Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 iif you want the bootsplash running in verbose mode all you should need is to change splash=silent to: splash=verbose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 (edited) beesea, thanks for the reminder ;) Qchem, sure now.......it's new....mandrake devel too busy.....like with lilo from suse..it'll come to mandrake :lol: paul, I believe that's gentoo, no? *cough /*no comment*/ :lol: well, ok....I sure wasn't gonna trust the gentoo/grub combo......I'll stick with what works thank you . Edited January 14, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesea Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 paul, I believe that's gentoo, no? *cough /*no comment*/ :lol: well, ok....I sure wasn't gonna trust the gentoo/grub combo......I'll stick with what works thank you . i use gentoo's grub with no problems. i've never actually used mdk's, is there anything different between the two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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