[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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