Text Startup

AmazingGray

Hello To all,

This is a real novice question. I am running Linux Mint 12 kernel version 3.0.0.16-generic. I want to change the startup screen from graphical to text. I was hoping someone could help me and refresh my memory. I looked at a site and it told me to edit a file in the /etc/inittab folder but i remember there was another way. Does anyone know how to change this?

Goineasy9

Sorry for the delay, but, many of our forum members are on the road. When I want a text based boot in Fedora or Debian Sid I just remove "quiet" from the kernel line in grub. I don't have a Mint install working at the moment, but, since Mint is based on Debian, it should work the same.

marc

The file you need to edit (IIRC) following GoinEasy9 suggestion is: /boot/grub/menu.lst

Remove the "quiet" word from the kernel boot line and you should be done with it

AmazingGray

Thanks for the help. I really need to go back and learn more about the Kernel and the file system.

saqman2060

Your welcome AmazingGray. We will be here to assist should you run into any problems.