On 26 February 2017 at 15:44, Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/25/2017 08:46 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> Sorry.... Forgot to mention, I think this only works with the "netinst" >> image and not the live one. > > > Yeah. I found various links on how to do a text mode install, but > bupkis on booting live media in text mode. Uugh! > > Ultimately, I ended up doing a VNC install (getting the IP address from > the DHCP server log). Once I had that done, I was able to SSH in, > create a file in /etc/modprobe.d to blacklist the gma500_gfx module, and > rebuild the initramfs. It worked, but it *really* seems like there > should be a way to boot the live media in text mode. > IIUC, you could have blacklisted that module by adding the following to the kernel cmdline at boot: module_blacklist=gma500_gfx I checked and that module isn't included in the initrd in the Live (workstation) image, so the above command should work. c.f. https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt -- Ahmad Samir _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
