Re: [expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot
On 1 May, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, It looks like Mandrake 8.0 uses a frame buffer to boot. I don't want that. Laurentclick on the desktop icon labled Mandrake Control Center. When the control center has opened it's window (probably after you've supplied the root password) then expand the tree under Boot and choose the option called Boot Config. In the upper right corner of the resulting window there will be a button called Configure click on it and a sub-window will open. Choose the radio button marked LILO with text menu. Then click on the button labled Advanced. In the scrolling list for the setting, Video mode scroll to the very bottom and choose the selection Normal. Now click on the OK button and the sub-window will close. Finally click on the main window's OK button and you're done. The next time you power up or re-boot you should boot in text mode. I'd done that already and it doesn't work. The LILO screen is text but the entire boot sequence is still in graphical mode. I hear my multi-sync monitor mode-switch (it clicks) after I select linux from the LILO screen. Normally, I'm supposed to get LILO boot: when LILO starts. Now I get some gibberish: !(@*TBASD boot: where the first part is composed of smiley faces and stuff. Then, after I hit Return, the graphical stuff starts. There is a big Welcome banner at the top of the screen and at the bottom there is the normal status display that appears at boot time. This is the part I don't want. Wait a minute. What if Ok, now to reboot. Y E S HOUSTON WE HAVE LIFTOFF The video mode for the linux entry in LILO was set to 794 so setting the other value to text had no real effect. Now I've got everything back to normal, almost. The only thing I want now, is to set the default font of the consoles to a smaller font. I liked the way the text looked in mode 794. There weas a lot more information on the screen than there is at 80x25. What the best way to test new console fonts? I thought linuxconf had that in 7.2 but it doesn't look like it in 8.0. Thanks, L -- Laurent Duperval mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Coulez-vous sur mes pas avec la circonspection du serpent marchant sur des oeufs! -Achille Talon
Re: [expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot
On 2 May, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Laurentput the vga=794 back in your /etc/lilo.conf and uninstall the Aurora RPM from your system. Uhh... Ok... To test console fonts put vga=ask instead of vga=normal or vga=xxx in /etc/lilo.conf. vga=ask will prompt you for the console setting at boot time and provide a list from which you may choose. Oh, OK. Will it save it for the next boot? Probably not, I'll have to manually edit it, I guess. L -- Laurent Duperval mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sachez qu'un Talon ne recule jamais d'un orteil et que celui qui me marche sur les pieds peut toujours courir, mossieu! -Achille Talon
Re: [expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot
Laurent Duperval wrote: On 2 May, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Laurentput the vga=794 back in your /etc/lilo.conf and uninstall the Aurora RPM from your system. Uhh... Ok... You don't need to uninstall it, just to stop using it. Go through Mandrake control panel, and just turn it off if you don't want it. -- __ Ric Tibbetts Boeing Shared Services Group UNIX System Administration Seattle Server Operations __
Re: [expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot
Laurent Duperval wrote: On 1 May, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, It looks like Mandrake 8.0 uses a frame buffer to boot. I don't want that. Laurentclick on the desktop icon labled Mandrake Control Center. When the control center has opened it's window (probably after you've supplied the root password) then expand the tree under Boot and choose the option called Boot Config. In the upper right corner of the resulting window there will be a button called Configure click on it and a sub-window will open. Choose the radio button marked LILO with text menu. Then click on the button labled Advanced. In the scrolling list for the setting, Video mode scroll to the very bottom and choose the selection Normal. Now click on the OK button and the sub-window will close. Finally click on the main window's OK button and you're done. The next time you power up or re-boot you should boot in text mode. I'd done that already and it doesn't work. The LILO screen is text but the entire boot sequence is still in graphical mode. I hear my multi-sync monitor mode-switch (it clicks) after I select linux from the LILO screen. Normally, I'm supposed to get LILO boot: when LILO starts. Now I get some gibberish: !(@*TBASD boot: where the first part is composed of smiley faces and stuff. Then, after I hit Return, the graphical stuff starts. There is a big Welcome banner at the top of the screen and at the bottom there is the normal status display that appears at boot time. This is the part I don't want. Wait a minute. What if Ok, now to reboot. Y E S HOUSTON WE HAVE LIFTOFF The video mode for the linux entry in LILO was set to 794 so setting the other value to text had no real effect. Now I've got everything back to normal, almost. The only thing I want now, is to set the default font of the consoles to a smaller font. I liked the way the text looked in mode 794. There weas a lot more information on the screen than there is at 80x25. What the best way to test new console fonts? I thought linuxconf had that in 7.2 but it doesn't look like it in 8.0. Thanks, L Laurentput the vga=794 back in your /etc/lilo.conf and uninstall the Aurora RPM from your system. To test console fonts put vga=ask instead of vga=normal or vga=xxx in /etc/lilo.conf. vga=ask will prompt you for the console setting at boot time and provide a list from which you may choose. -- Alan
[expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot
Hi, It looks like Mandrake 8.0 uses a frame buffer to boot. I don't want that. I want to go back to the good old text screen we used to have in 7.2. The reason is that once I've booted into X, I can no longer acces the console. I want to remove the use of the frame buffer so I can see if the problem is my X setup or the new way 8.0 boots. Any one know how to do this? L -- Laurent Duperval mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] D'obscures manoeuvres ont eu lieu dans l'ombre et je ferai toute la lumière sur ces ténébreux agissements! C'est du marché noir! -Achille Talon
Re: [expert] Removing graphical screen upon boot
Laurent Duperval wrote: Hi, It looks like Mandrake 8.0 uses a frame buffer to boot. I don't want that. I want to go back to the good old text screen we used to have in 7.2. The reason is that once I've booted into X, I can no longer acces the console. I want to remove the use of the frame buffer so I can see if the problem is my X setup or the new way 8.0 boots. Any one know how to do this? L Laurentclick on the desktop icon labled Mandrake Control Center. When the control center has opened it's window (probably after you've supplied the root password) then expand the tree under Boot and choose the option called Boot Config. In the upper right corner of the resulting window there will be a button called Configure click on it and a sub-window will open. Choose the radio button marked LILO with text menu. Then click on the button labled Advanced. In the scrolling list for the setting, Video mode scroll to the very bottom and choose the selection Normal. Now click on the OK button and the sub-window will close. Finally click on the main window's OK button and you're done. The next time you power up or re-boot you should boot in text mode. -- Alan
