Booting F9 with NO X11
Rick Bilonick
rab at nauticom.net
Sat Jun 7 17:20:42 UTC 2008
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:13 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote:
> I've installed F9 x86 on an hp 2133. But, as I expected, the graphical
> interface is screwed up. (I had the same problem with the LiveCD). I've
> tried passing the following options at boot (vesa skipddc vga=794) but a
> weird somewhat blank screen always comes up and the system is locked (I
> can't get to a console to try to fix X).
>
> How can I boot just to a non-graphical system so I can get to a console?
>
> I've asked repeatedly on this list for related info but so far no one
> has responded. Please, I need some help!
>
> Rick B.
>
OK, I tried adding "text" and that allows be to get to a text console.
Now all I have to do is get X working (it works fine using SUSE 10).
Rick B.
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