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This is my other 'problem'. I am using RH7.1 and everything is running great. I really like having 'supertext' mode for the raw console. What I have to do is wait until it is ready to boot and at the
boot:
prompt, I hit CTRL+X to get rid of that ugly graphic and manually type in
linux vga=791
which gives me the supertext screen I love so much.
So my question is two fold :
1. How can I get rid of the very first startup graphic at the boot prompt? I am not talking about gnome or even X, but the very first one that looks like it is 320*200, has a .png of red hat logo and only says 'linux' and 'HIT CTRL+X for text mode login'.
2. How do I add vga=791 so it starts automatically without me typing it in? I remember doing it under RH6 but I forget how. And YES I read the bootparm how to. heh.
Originally posted by daemorhedron 2. How do I add vga=791 so it starts automatically without me typing it in? I remember doing it under RH6 but I forget how. And YES I read the bootparm how to. heh.
You should be able to solve this one by adding the following line to /etc/lilo.conf
Code:
append = "vga=791"
and then running lilo from the command prompt to reinstall LILO to make the change actually happen.
Dunno about the graphic bit, I'm not a Redhat man.
you should see something like this in your lilo.conf, i am not at my linux box right now, but i think if you remove the map=/boot/map, taht should just have a normal terminal login instead of the graphical.
but you should be able to just leave that as it is and make your changes with the append = "vga=791", and that should do what you want without having to do a control-x to manually type it each time.
Don't remove the map=/boot/map line. Linux needs that line to tell it where things are. I don't know exactly what line it is, but it probably has something to do with a line that has the word ' message ' in it. If you find a line with word ' message ' in it, you could try commenting the line out and rerunning /sbin/lilo to see if the graphic goes away.
Well, the correct answer to remove the semi annoying graphic at the very startup is to remove the line
message=
It now only goes to the default :
LILO:
text prompt, so thankyou.
I tried adding the line append = "vga=791" in various spots in lilo.conf and running /sbin/lilo but it will not do it. I still have to manually type in
linux vga=791
at the LILO prompt to get my beloved supertext....am I missing the obvious?
I don't thing you need to use the append option. I am pretty sure that if you enter
vga=791
in your /etc/lilo.conf file it should work.
I had this set up before by putting vga=ask into lilo.conf and then picking mode 4. Once I decided that I liked option 4, I just entered vga=4 into lilo.conf and it worked great.
You would think that I would have the rudimentary intelligence to have tried that. At any rate that is the answer I was looking for, works like a charm. Thankyou!
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