On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 16:05 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> John wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 15:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> > > David Hlácik wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, how do i enable boot splash (graphical boot) in CentOs5.1 ?
> > > > I am in init 5, i have updated from minimal install to GNOME
> > > > using yum groupinstall.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > # yum install rhgb
> > >
> > > Make sure you have 'rhgb' as a kernel parameter for each kernel
> > > in /boot/grub/menu.lst that you want to have a graphical boot
> > > for.
> > >
> > > If you want graphical boot you probably qant to use the 'quiet'
> > > kernel parameter too.
> > >
> > > I've never seen much need for the kernel messages at boot
> > > anyways, they scroll by so fast the only way your going to see
> > > them is on a serial console with scroll back buffer. There is
> > > always 'dmesg' to see these after start up.
> > >
> > >
> > > -Ross
> >
> > Maybe I am not understanding his question? I am under the impression
> > when you group install the gui and change the boot init level to 5 it
> > will boot in graphical? Has worked for me on sever console
> > only servers.
>
> Aye, but you will not get the graphical start-up screen unless
> 'rhgb' (Redhat Graphical Boot) is installed. Since the OP had
> stated he is in runlevel 5 I assume he is getting the graphic
> login (gdm or whatever), but had to deal with seeing it start
> up in text mode. Also since he updated from minimal install
> he probably didn't have the luxury of having anaconda
> pre-select rhgb for him.
>
> Also, for the OP, I think you need to install the bitmap fonts
> for the 'rhgb' to work properly. Don't know why upstream didn't
> make a dependency of them for 'rhgb', oh well.
>
> -Ross
K, makes some sense to me now.
>
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