Re: Graphical spinning boot thingie

David Guntner <davidg-1boXBf7wef/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.expert
Organization What a concept! :-)
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jim Beard grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On 10/11/2010 11:05 AM, Phil Savoie wrote:
>> Would anyone know how to disable this extremely annoying
>> graphical boot? I would prefer to see all the wonderful green oks
>> of a text based boot up screen. Am using M2010.1 Free.
> 
> In Mandriva Linux Control Center->boot->Set up boot system, choose GRUB
> with text menu.
> In file /boot/grub/menu.lst delete (do not disable, delete) mention of
> the graphic splash.  E.g.
> 
> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=Mandriva_2010.1 root=UUID=e43blah
> resume=UUID=aa82blah vga=788
> 
> Near the top of /etc/inittab make sure the line is
> id:3:initdefault:
> to boot into terminal mode, with startx or startx GUINAME
> used to start up the graphical desktop.

Ah, so I guess *that's* how you do it in grub! :-)

              --Dave
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