On 12/6/06, Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 06/12/06, Michael Satterwhite <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > It sounds like X is hanging/crashing. Can you boot to runlevel 3 > > successfully/reliably? if so, then you should do so, start X > > manually, and grab the X log to review. > > I really hate to show ignorance, but it's never stopped me before. From > the grub screen, how do I get it to boot to runlevel 3? I'm more than > willing to get information to help people help me. > Press e to edit the selected boot commands and add '3' to the end of the line that boots the kernel. Not entirely sure where this is documented, but a useful piece of knowledge (especially if you've forgotten the root password for a machine).
Any reason this hasn't been made easier/more intuitive in grub yet? It seems most of the time this is necessary, it is by someone who doesn't know how to do it yet. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud
