Re: so ... how do i get a graphical boot?

["James J. Ramsey" <jjramsey_6x9eq42 yahoo com>]

--- Alexandre Oliva <aoliva redhat com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 2003, "James J. Ramsey"
> <jjramsey_6x9eq42 yahoo com> wrote:
> 
> > --- Alexandre Oliva <aoliva redhat com> wrote:
> 
> >> It is added by default.
> [when you install]
> 
> > No, it isn't. When the kernel is upgraded and
> > grub.conf is modified to account for the new
> kernel,
> > that option isn't added to the GRUB entry for the
> new
> > kernel.
> 
> kernel upgrades have never modified the command line
> passed to the
> kernel, AFAIK.  The template is just copied from the
> default boot
> entry.

Then 

1) either the template is being miscopied, because
"rhgb", one of the options in the original boot entry,
was not so copied,

2) or the original Fedora test3 kernel defaulted to
using the graphical boot, while the upgrade kernels
have graphical boot off by default and need the "rhgb"
option passed in order to turn it on.

This is buggy behavior, and simply telling users to
add "rhgb" to /boot/grub/grub.conf is the wrong
solution, period. Users who can readily do that aren't
the ones that a graphical boot is supposed to benefit.


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