On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 00:04, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Fri, 28 May 2004 09:00:21 +0200, François Patte wrote > > Selon Jim Cornette <jim-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > reg@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > >For Fedora2 (and 1?) grub starts Linux with an argument of > > > > > > > > rhgb quiet > > > > > > > >Where are these kernel arguments described, and what do they do? > > > > > > > >Ive scanned the kernel sources for the "rhgb" string and dont > > > >find it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rhgb = redhat graphical boot - This is a GUI mode booting screen with > > > most of the information hidden while the user sees a rotating activity > > > icon spining and brief information as to what the computer is doing. > > > > > > quiet = hides the majority of boot messages before rhgb starts. These > > > are supposed to make the common user more comfortable. They get alarmed > > > about seeing the kernel and initializing messages, so they hide them for > > > their comfort. > > > > And when a service has not started you are not aware of this fact > > and you spend a lot of time to find out why your network is not > > working... why you can't make any ssh from another computer... and > > so on. > > > > This is really a stupid idea!! > > The graphical boot screen opens a text window and you're presented with the > actual boot messages if any service fails to start. Successful boot messages > are hidden and the user sees a pretty startup screen. Failed boot messages > are already displayed as expected so the user can take whatever action is > necessary to correct the failure. > > At least this is the default behavior of my FC1 system. I can't imagine that > FC2 behaves any differently. --- It doesn't behave any differently in FC-2 Craig
