On Monday 02 December 2002 09:02 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 03 Dec 2002 12:44:30 +1100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time > > > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 12:35, Angus Auld wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 10:45, Angus Auld wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the pointers Charlie, Stephen. > > > > > I am now getting a 30 second delay, for some reason however, lilo > > > > > has switched to a graphical login mode! I want the text mode, and I > > > > > had it since installing 9.0. > > > > > > > > > > I have tried changing it back to text mode in MCC, but when I > > > > > reboot, it goes back to graphical mode. :-/ > > > > > > > > > > What's up with that?? I must have messed something up somewhere. I > > > > > guess my system was too much in order. Should have left well enough > > > > > alone maybe......can't learn that way though! > > > > > > > > > > I installed watchdog-5.2-2mdk, xmms-cdread-0.14a-2mdk, and the > > > > > latest wallpaper-0.1-4tex. Could watchdog have something to do with > > > > > this behaviour? Anyone have any experience w/watchdog? I've been > > > > > monkeying with file associations lately too. > > > > > > > > > > Where is the file that contains the info for lilo's boot mode? I > > > > > don't see any mention of that in /etc/lilo.conf. > > > > > > > > > > My system seems to be working OK. > > > > > > > > > > TIA for any help. :-) > > > > > > > > > > --Angus > > > > > > > > > > "An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until > > > > > he knows absolutely everything about nothing." --Anon. > > > > The bit with "menu scheme=" needs to be removed, rerun lilo and you'll > > have the text based lilo back to text based! > > > > (Whacked) ---------------------------------- > > > > boot=/dev/hda > > map=/boot/map > > vga=normal > > default=linux > > keytable=/boot/us.klt > > prompt > > nowarn > > timeout=300 > > message=/boot/message > > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw <- delete this line > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > (Whacked) ---------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Tue Dec 3 12:40:00 EST 2002 > > .o0 linux user:267497 0o. > > -------------------------------- > > > > | __ __ | kühn media australia > > | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com > > | .\__/ || | | | > > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn > > | > > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 > > | > > | ;"""/ / | | | > > | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 > > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU > > > > -------------------------------- > > Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn > > > > By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task > > completely overwhelm you. > > ************************************************************** > > Something weird is happening w/lilo here. I cut out that menu_scheme line > in lilo.conf........still getting graphical lilo menu. I tried to make the > changes in MCC again, rebooted...still graphical lilo. When I went back and > checked lilo.conf, the menu_scheme line was back in place. > > There is a bunch of files in /boot that are unreadable with any text editor > I have. Just a bunch of gibberish code stuff. I could read these files > before, and I edited the "message-text" file just a couple days ago. Am I > suffering from some kind of file corruption here, or what? Also In > /boot/grub there are a bunch of similar gibberish files. > > These are the files that are unreadable in /boot: > boot0300, map, message-graphic, message-text, us.kit, vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk > > and in /boot/grub: > e2fs_stage1_5, fat_stage1_5, jfs_stage1_5, minix_stage1_5, > reiserfs_stage1_5, stage1, stage2, vstafs_stage1_5, xfs_stage1_5 > > What can I do now? Has my dual-boot M$ system pulled a dirty trick on Mdk? > I should have ditched that sucker! > > Help please. > > > > --Angus > > "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in > awareness."--James Thurber > > *********************************************** > *Reg. Linux User #278931* > *********************************************** > *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* > *********************************************** when you make changes to Lilo did you then run, from console, "/sbin/lilo"? w/o the quotes of course. Whenever you make changes to lilo it is best to do this or they will not hold at next bootup. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842
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