[Noob] How to tweak boot up

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

Hi, I’ve installed OpenSuse 11.4 LXDE.

I would like to get rid of the BIOS-like text that is displayed in between the OpenSUSE Boot Menu and Boot Splash. In the YaST Boot Loader settings I’ve found that the option to hide the boot menu actually lengthens the time this text is displayed. Best I’ve done so far is set the Boot Menu to appear for 1 second. I would like no text to appear if possible.

The boot up text I’m referring to starts with “root (0,1)…”

Also when the screen switches from the Boot Splash to the Desktop I sometimes get a no signal detected. I don’t think this happened when I initially installed 11.3 LXDE. Is there a fix for this?

#2

I don’t have a fix for you , but check out this script. It is possible to go directly into one of your grub selections from a reboot. Save this as a text file in the folder /usr/local/bin as root and call it pbs:

#!/bin/bash

# P.B.S. - Partition Boot Selector - Version 1.1
# by J. McDaniel for use with Grub Legacy 
# Reboot from CLI to selective partitions as told by oldcpu
# Written for openSUSE Forums on 8-22-2010

if  "$HOME" != "/root" ] ; then
  echo "Root User Permissions are required, Please Enter the ..."
  echo
  sudo $0
else
  tput clear
  tput setf 7
  tput setb 2
  tput bold
  echo "P.B.S. - Partition Boot Selector Version 1.1 - for Grub Legacy"
  echo
  tput setf 7
  tput setb 1
  echo "Reboot from CLI to selective partitions - Your Choices Are...."
  echo 
  tput sgr0
  grubonce
  echo
  tput setaf 2
  tput bold
  read -p "Please type a single digit option # & press <enter>..(q=Quit): " CHOICE
  if  "$CHOICE" != "q" ] ; then
    grubonce $CHOICE
    shutdown -r now
  else
    tput clear
    tput sgr0
  fi
fi
exit 0
# End of Script File

In kde, you could start kwrite as root:

kdesu kwrite /usr/local/bin/pbs

Then, after you save the file, open a terminal session and run run the terminal command:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pbs

Then to use the program, open a terminal session and enter:

pbs

This is writing something specific to the /boot/grub/default file you might simulate, though the file is reset after each usage. It is something to look at though.

Thank You,

#3

Isn’t this what the kernel option “quiet” is for?

#4

Using quiet (a kernel startup option) is said to disable most log messages (though I still see a lot of messages), but has no effect on seeing the grub menu.

Thank You,

#5

On 2011-05-28 18:36, jdmcdaniel3 wrote:
>
> Using quiet (a kernel startup option) is said to disable most log
> messages (though I still see a lot of messages), but has no effect on
> seeing the grub menu.

Set the timeout to zero.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

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

#6

When the timeout is set to zero, or the the boot menu is set to hide, or both. The text is displayed for several seconds longer than when it is not.