8.6.15

boot w/o graphics

I don't usually have to do this, but a recent OS upgrade broke my existing F22 setup on some weird graphics card i had.  So, to get into your machine, you can just boot it in text mode.  

Doing this is easy but I figured I'd post it here for my own notes.

FIRST,

When the boot screen comes up, hit "e".  This will allow you to edit the command so that it runs w/o graphics.

THEN.  simply change

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=on rhgb quiet  (change this to the below...)
TO
    • kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=on rhgb quiet 3
Then hit F10.  You should now boot into a fully functional terminal mode, where you can still run screen, tmux, startup SSHD and so on. FYI got this from http://superuser.com/questions/163098/how-to-force-fedora-12-to-start-to-text-mode.


1 comment:

  1. http://superuser.com/questions/660013/resizing-pane-is-not-working-for-tmux-on-mac FYI , if your on a mac, you need to run the solution there to resize up and down properly

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