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1. Boot computer into GRUB
2. Choose the most recent kernel on the list.
3. Press the "e" key to edit the commands for that kernel before booting.
4. On the next screen, choose the line saying "kernel /vmlinuz..." and press the "e" key.
5. At the END of the line of " grub edit > kernel /vmlinuz..." hit the space bar once (to get a space) and type "init 3" without the (quotation marks) and then press "enter" key.
*6. Back to previous screen "init 3" will appear at the end of the line. Press the "b" key to boot into 'init 3'
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Yeah, try that :)
Very strange, it can't boot to "init 3"
1) Start Grub 2) Highlight 'Gentoo Linux (genkernel)' and press 'e' 3) There are 3 lines; - root (hd0,0) - kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hde3 hdd=idd-scsi - initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-s.r.20-gentoo-r7
highlight line 3 above and press 'e'
4) At end of 'initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-s.r.20-gentoo-r7' type 'init 3' (tried with/without a space between 'init' and '3')
and hit ENTER
5) Back to previous screen, highlight 'initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-s.r.20-gentoo-r7 init 3' and hit 'b'
It boots to 'init 5' graphic mode again.
Tried all 3 lines in 3) above with same result.
I'm assuming you're running XDM/GDM/KDM etc ?
If it doesn't work, simply:
How to test it?
rc-update del xdm default
then reboot. Set it to start automatically again after you've checked your boot messages with:
rc-update add xdm default
Would 'rc-update' update all config files or only 'del xdm default' and 'add xdm default' as instructed?
B.R. Stephen
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