[TriLUG] The "right" way to disable graphical boot

Jeff Tickle jtickle at jtsoft.net
Fri Oct 29 13:12:50 EDT 2004


On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 12:35 -0400, Brian Henning wrote:
> > The parameter to the kernel is "vga=[somevalue]".  Remove that parameter
> > and the kernel will boot in text mode instead of framebuffer mode.
> 
> Thanks, Tanner!  One more question just to be sure..  That won't keep X from 
> starting when it's "supposed" to, for logins, right (as long as we init 5)? 
> I do still want X, just not during boot.

Right:  the VGA parameter specifies the resolution and depth you want
for framebuffer mode at a console.  As soon as X starts, it takes over
and will work fine.

-Jeff
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