Thanks for your advice.
I have no intention to remove graphic login. It is because I got several complaints on sound mod at boot. I want to find out their cause to rectify them. But I could not find /var/log/boot.log and other messages on /var/log/ did not indicate any error there. So leaving me the only way is to boot to 'init 3'.
(on RH there is another way edit /etc/inittab change "id:5:initdefault" to "id:3:initdefault". The Linux box will boot to 'init 3' after change until you change it back again. I don't know whether it works on Gentoo)
My Gentoo box (1.4) is working without problem except some complaints on sound module loading at boot. My sound server is also working. The sound module, snd-emu10k1 56116 2, has been loaded.
# /sbin/lsmod status
Module Size Used by Tainted: GF
snd-pcm-oss 35460 1 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 11128 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
floppy 47036 0 (autoclean)
8139too 14152 1
mii 2160 0 [8139too]
snd-emu10k1 56116 2
snd-pcm 52960 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1]
snd-timer 12616 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi 12288 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-util-mem 1184 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device 3808 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd-page-alloc 4524 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 31680 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-hwdep 4576 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd 25988 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-util-mem snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd-hwdep]
soundcore 3364 6 [snd]
udf 77856 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 7600 0
usb-storage 55608 0 (unused)
hid 12468 0 (unused)
usb-ohci 17152 0 (unused)
usbcore 55264 1 [usb-storage hid usb-ohci]
I could not discover the cause of complaints at boot. They were already there immediate after installation of Gentoo 1.4. At that time my imagination confined on sound module problem in anticipation that they could be rectified after proper sound driver installed. Now I got it properly installed and the sound server is working nicely.
Have you had any advice. OR any folk on this LIST can shed me some light.
Thanks in advance and Happy Thanksgiving
B.R. Stephen
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:01:48 +0800 Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi MAL,
Very strange, it can't boot to "init 3"- snip -Yeah, try that :)
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'
- snip -
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 ?How to test it?
If it doesn't work, simply:
rc-update del xdm defaultWould 'rc-update' update all config files or only 'del xdm default' and 'add xdm default' as instructed?
then reboot. Set it to start automatically again after you've checked your boot messages with:
rc-update add xdm default
Gentoo doesn't really honor the difference between init 3 & 5. To remove the graphical login, merely code DISPLAYMANAGER="" in /etc/rc.conf. If you have DISPLAYMANAGER set, gentoo will perform a graphical login regardless of the int n setting. If you are unable to get to a console to do this, use the LIVECD to repair your system.
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