On Wednesday 28 Oct 2009 01:50:47 Linda Walsh wrote:
Aaron Kulkis wrote:
boot to runlevel 3 by either...
---- Thank-you, but I was obviously unclear. Sorry, I'll explain in more detail...
I already run in mode 3, but in mode 3, the system is still using a 'frame buffer' rather than an SVGA text mode. The switch to frame buffer seems to happen when grub starts and displays a graphical menu rather than a text menu. From there, it's all downhill -- they system boot using a framebuffer, I don't see the actually boot text coming out to the console reliably or, right now, at all.
Normally, whether or not you see boot text or a snazzy boot screen, depends on the setting of the verbose parameter to the kernel in the boot file. But either way, snazzy screen or scrolled text in a framed area -- it's a frame buffer and not actually using the hardware's internal text modes.
So when the hardware switch modes into the framebuffer, information is visually lost (though can be perused later in a log if you want to go back and check every time but when looking for problems, I prefer to see the actual text on the screen wizzes by ... though it's getting harder to read these days, usually the hardware scrollingis synced with the screen refresh and scrolls a line at a time, vs. the frame buffer,I think, doing smooth scrolling via bit-shifting (but not sure about that).
Anyway...I'd prefer it boot normally and not use the frame buffer during boot. It's not reliable -- due to the lost output -- and, right now, I don't get anyoutput at all -- I just get a blank screen f from the time the boot starts till I get a login prompt -- I don't even see services start.
Does this make my question more clear?
-linda
The real simple one is hit the "Esc" key as the frame buffer screen opens bingo back to text mode , This is the only way i can get 11.2RC1 to boot fully right now init 3 on the grub boot line then Esc as soon as it goes frame buffer all the boot process in all it's glory . Pete . -- Powered by openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.30-rc6-git3-4- default KDE: 4.2.86 (KDE 4.2.86 (KDE 4.3 >= 20090514)) "release 1" 08:23 up 1 day 12:17, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.01