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From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 03 Dec 2002 12:44:30 +1100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] lilo default boot time> On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 12:35, Angus Auld wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 10:45, Angus Auld wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for the pointers Charlie, Stephen. > > > > I am now getting a 30 second delay, for some reason however, lilo has switched >to a graphical login mode! I want the text mode, and I had it since installing 9.0. > > > > > > > > I have tried changing it back to text mode in MCC, but when I reboot, it goes >back to graphical mode. :-/ > > > > > > > > What's up with that?? I must have messed something up somewhere. I guess my >system was too much in order. Should have left well enough alone maybe......can't >learn that way though! > > > > > > > > I installed watchdog-5.2-2mdk, xmms-cdread-0.14a-2mdk, and the latest >wallpaper-0.1-4tex. Could watchdog have something to do with this behaviour? Anyone >have any experience w/watchdog? I've been monkeying with file associations lately too. > > > > > > > > Where is the file that contains the info for lilo's boot mode? I don't see any >mention of that in /etc/lilo.conf. > > > > > > > > My system seems to be working OK. > > > > > > > > TIA for any help. :-) > > > > > > > > --Angus > > > > > > > > "An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows >absolutely everything about nothing." > > > > --Anon. > > > > > > The bit with "menu scheme=" needs to be removed, rerun lilo and you'll > have the text based lilo back to text based! > > (Whacked) ---------------------------------- > > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > vga=normal > default=linux > keytable=/boot/us.klt > prompt > nowarn > timeout=300 > message=/boot/message > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw <- delete this line > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > (Whacked) ---------------------------------- > > -- > Tue Dec 3 12:40:00 EST 2002 > .o0 linux user:267497 0o. > -------------------------------- > | __ __ | k�hn media australia > | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com > | .\__/ || | | | > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen k�hn > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 > | ;"""/ / | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU > -------------------------------- > Coralament*Best Gr�tens*Liebe Gr��e*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn > > By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task > completely overwhelm you. > ************************************************************** Something weird is happening w/lilo here. I cut out that menu_scheme line in lilo.conf........still getting graphical lilo menu. I tried to make the changes in MCC again, rebooted...still graphical lilo. When I went back and checked lilo.conf, the menu_scheme line was back in place. There is a bunch of files in /boot that are unreadable with any text editor I have. Just a bunch of gibberish code stuff. I could read these files before, and I edited the "message-text" file just a couple days ago. Am I suffering from some kind of file corruption here, or what? Also In /boot/grub there are a bunch of similar gibberish files. These are the files that are unreadable in /boot: boot0300, map, message-graphic, message-text, us.kit, vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk and in /boot/grub: e2fs_stage1_5, fat_stage1_5, jfs_stage1_5, minix_stage1_5, reiserfs_stage1_5, stage1, stage2, vstafs_stage1_5, xfs_stage1_5 What can I do now? Has my dual-boot M$ system pulled a dirty trick on Mdk? I should have ditched that sucker! Help please. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James Thurber *********************************************** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *********************************************** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *********************************************** -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze
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