Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dell loaded Ubuntu 7.10 on my new system. One problem that it's had since I > got it is that it seems to hang on boot. I can't really tell if it is > hanging. The thing only displays a progress bar in its normal boot sequence. > > The progress bar fails to progress. I get impatient and hit ctrl-alt-del. > > When it comes time to load the operating system the second time I opt to do a > recovery boot. The system boots to runlevel 2, prints the bootlog to > standard output. I watch the text scroll by. It stops for root to log on. > I log on and exit. It launches X and waits for me to log in. > > How can I get the normal boot sequence to display the boot log to STDOUT > instead of the fancy-yet-useless progress bar?
Hitting ESC or F2 during boot should get you what you want. A typical reason for the boot process to halt is waiting for a network conntect. Fedora and Red Hat automatically switch to a more detailed view if something [FAILS]. I wonder why Ubuntu doesn't? Dennisk -- "Free as in Freedom" Free Software Foundation --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
