Laurent Duperval wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It looks like Mandrake 8.0 uses a frame buffer to boot. I
> don't want that. I want to go back to the good old text
> screen we used to have in 7.2. The reason is that once I've
> booted into X, I can no longer acces the console. I want to
> remove the use of the frame buffer so I can see if the
> problem is my X setup or the new way 8.0 boots.
>
> Any one know how to do this?
>
> L
Laurent....click on the desktop icon labled "Mandrake Control
Center". When the control center has opened it's window
(probably after you've supplied the root password) then
expand the tree under "Boot" and choose the option called
"Boot Config".
In the upper right corner of the resulting window there will
be a button called "Configure" click on it and a sub-window
will open. Choose the radio button marked "LILO with text
menu".
Then click on the button labled "Advanced". In the
scrolling list for the setting, "Video mode" scroll to the
very bottom and choose the selection "Normal". Now click on
the "OK" button and the sub-window will close. Finally click
on the main window's "OK" button and you're done. The next
time you power up or re-boot you should boot in text mode.
--
Alan
