11.4 grub nomodeset

English Install/Boot/Login
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Can someone tell me how to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst so that it’ll automatically boot with the nomodeset option? And just for kicks lets walk me through it like I’m a complete Linux noob and don’t know anything about what I’m doing. That’ll be fun… pretending.

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Add it at the end of the line starting with “kernel” in the boot entry.

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You mean just type it in on the options in the boot menu? That’s what I’ve been doing I wanted to know how to set it up so it’ll automatically have it in the boot. I don’t have to type “nomodeset” every time.

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Use an editor with root privileges to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst

For example, from a console

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

For KDE, you could do

kdesu kwrite /boot/grub/menu.lst

Be careful with your editing of system files :slight_smile:

Find the entry you want to add nomodeset to…

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34.7-0.7
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS542525K9SA00_080402BB3F00WDD6EV6C-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS542525K9SA00_080402BB3F00WDD6EV6C-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a nomodeset
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop
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I just ran yast, selected “system” then “Boot Loader”. That gives me a GUI screen for editing grub entries.

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On 2011-04-20 04:36, WhatsWithGravity wrote:
>
> You mean just type it in on the options in the boot menu? That’s what
> I’ve been doing I wanted to know how to set it up so it’ll automatically
> have it in the boot. I don’t have to type “nomodeset” every time.

I think you can do it with YaST, boot manager. I can’t tell you the details
as I have never done it that way.

I would:

open a terminal. Type:

su -
mcedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

edit the kernel line (it starts by “kernel”. Write it at the end. Don’t
make mistakes.

F10 to exit, save changes.

Now, you also need to edit “/etc/sysconfig/bootloader”, and add the option
in the three *_KERNEL_APPEND variables.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

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No, I meant in the file /boot/grub/menu.lst, as deano_ferrari explained in detail. Looks like the others suggested an easier way though.

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Thanks everyone! It boots great. Ended up using kwrite