On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, 20:08:50 +0100, Linda Walsh wrote:
I'd like to keep my console in native vga/ega mode -- its' faster, I don't miss output, nor do I have long blank periods and it's more reliable (right now I see NO output from when the kernel starts to boot until the login prompt appears, so I don't know if a kernel is coming up or has hung until the boot process has finished).
So how do I disable the switch to using the frame buffer, globally for all boots on my system?
Is there a simple switch I can set somewhere?
It's pretty easy, as you just have to replace the eventually existing "vga=0x..." parameter in your /boot/grub/menu.lst file with "vga=normal"; to make it the default for future kernel updates, you should make the same change in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader as this file is used to generate new entries in the former file.
Or is this a problem (a 'bug'?)...? ;-)
thanks much! -linda
HTH, cheers. l8er manfred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org