Hi,
after years i am using linux again. Now Tumbleweed and KDE.
How to change to classic bootloader view (black/white instead of the green one) and classic view (F2 doenst work, but need it permanent too) after pressing enter?
Cant find anything in Yast… only basic Settings… easier in SuSe 8.2 
Thx!
You mean text mode?
YaST-> Boot Loader->Kernel-Parameters
Uncheck Graphical console
(Translation may vary…)
If you mean grub themes they can easily be modified or installed.
What do you mean by “classic bootloader view”?
The GRUB2 text mode?
The GRUB2 graphics mode?
The plymouth boot splash?
The graphic displayed by the displaymanager (aka login screen)?
The graphic displayed after login before the DE is up?
Don’t think so, AFAIU they mean the “unthemed” GRUB we had in SuSE years ago
Maybe even LiLo?
Rumor has it that SuSE Linux 8.0 and older versions used LILO as the boot loader. From SuSE Linux version 8.1, switched to GRUB, then to GRUB2
Thank you all!
@hui
Yes, that is what i mean. After that i want to see the console mode doing its “matrix”.
@hcvv
Oh, i remember now, it was LilLo!
@susejunky
Difficult to discribe for me. I want that from hui followed bei console loading.
As described:
YaST-> Boot loader-> Kernel Parameters
Remove the checkmark for “Graphical console”. The result will be as shown in my screenshot.
YaST-> Boot loader-> Kernel Parameters
Remove quite and splash=silent from the “Optional kernel command line parameters”. The result will be verbose boot messages aka “the matrix”.
will try it on friday,
Thx!!!
Perfect! Thank you very much!
PS: Is it possible to show grub and matrix in 1440p?
It’s what I have for Grub’s menu on UEFI PCs, and “matrix” too, when I don’t override it, which normally I do. To make all those console text messages, and vtty login screen text big enough to read, I normally include video=1440x900 on Grub’s linu lines.
@myswtest
My first SuSE was 8.0, installed via http, with Grub in particular grabbing my interest. This installation was after 8.1 had been released, of which I hadn’t been aware, so 8.0 was quickly replaced by 8.1, shortly after which 8.2 release was announced, installed, and I think remains on a 4G Quantum SCSI Fireball HD on that old K6/2 full tower PC in my garage that I used as a second keyboard table until some years ago.
1440p = 2560x1440 != 1440x900
Totally irrelevant to the OP
1920x1080, 1600x900, 1366x768 and others are not 1440p either, but 1440x900 provides an optimal row and column count, along with font size, for a “black/white…classic view” on the vttys, so that’s what “I normally include”. video=2560x1440 used with a 2560x1440 display is normally inert, so pointless.
