Re: Graphical spinning boot thingie

On 10/11/2010 02:13 PM, David Guntner wrote:
> 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! :-)

One way.  This gets rid of the graphics entirely when booting.

It is also possible to get a splash screen with text scrolling, 
but I do not use that and am unsure of the magical incantation to 
get it.

Cheers!

jim b.

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