>>>>> "MM" == Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: MM> I saw it posted that "rhgb is not a kernel parameter" Technically it isn't. MM> What does this mean? (taken from the Red Hat website) It means that rhgb can be passed on the bootloader command line. Since it's not a kernel parameter, the kernel completely ignores it except for making it available in /proc/cmdline. The boot scripts check that file when they decide if the graphical startup screen should be displayed. - J<