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i figured out recently how to add the vga=extended line in lilo.conf to
boot with more lines of resolution...  i heard that there is a way to
boot up with graphics  (sorta like a Solaris server)...

anyone know how do do this?

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Are you talking about booting into X?

You can do that by booting into run level 5. Edit /etc/inittab and
change the line:
id:3:initdefault:

to
id:5:initdefault:

Ujwal

Try enabling framebuffer support in the kernel - to a first
approximation, "VESA VGA graphics console" in "Console drivers" or in
"Console drivers / Frame-buffer support" is probably what you want.
This won't work in old 2.0 kernels, though.

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I think he wants to boot into [xgk]dm. (?)

Look at /etc/inittab -- the default X11 runlevel is 5:

id:5:initdefault:

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Hmm, I thought not, because of the vga=extended reference and the fact
that Suns boot with a graphical framebuffer ... but *shrug* (s)he gets
all the solutions this way. :)

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I assume you're using Red Hat?  In your /etc/inittab file, change the
default runlevel from 3 (text mode) to 5 (graphical login).

id:5:initdefault:

John

Thanks Colin!

To correct everyone, I "DO NOT" want to boot into X .  I already know
how to do that.  I think that your "framebuffer" method is what I am
looking for!  I will run a VMWare linux session and recompile the
kernel and see if it works...

Jon

Quote:> "On Usenet, pedantry is not in the service of beauty. It's not even
>  in the service of truth. It's in the service of EVEN MORE PEDANTRY."

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