On 2012/08/01 13:48 (GMT-0300) Claudio Freire composed:
Larry Finger wrote:
Do you mean to run level 3? If so, then add a 3 to the boot options line for Grub legacy. If Grub2, then see http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/howto-change-runlevel-on-grub2/ for a tutorial on how to edit the boot parameters when starting. You add the "3" to the "linux" line.
runlevel 3 doesn't give you a pure text console.
It does on my 12 or 13 12.2 systems, though Grub2 is installed on none of them. I rarely boot without a 3 on cmdline (usually via menu.lst).
I don't know what the OP means, text console = tty, or text console = no graphics mode.
If it's the latter, you get it with vga=<n> with<n> a non-graphic[0] mode.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Modes_defined_by_VESA
vga= only works when KMS not active. When booting verbose (e.g. splash=verbose, as opposed to silent, in which case I don't know what happens, since I never boot with silent on cmdline) with vga= on cmdline but not video=, vga= will be active only briefly, until KMS kicks in, after which KMS will choose a mode based upon EDID. If you want ttys to do what vga= did pre-KMS, you need e.g. video=1152x864@60, or whatever your own preferred mode is. Since 11.3 all my kernel lines include both vga= and video=, except on a few machines with video chips lacking KMS support. On *buntu at least, if not openSUSE (I have Grub2 installed on none) and/or Fedora and other Grub2 distros too, with Grub2 there is yet more complexity, which I don't hope to explain beyond offering this bug URL: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770356 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org