[mythtv-users] OT: Keyboard quits responding at run level 5.

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jul 10, 2004, at 17:16, rick schultz wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:39:46 -0700, Nowhere <nowhere at cox.net> wrote:
>> First
>> remaining problem is, I don't know how to force my system to not boot 
>> to
>> run level 5 for a specific boot session
>
> Depends on your boot loader.  Are you using LILO or grub?  With grub,
> you press "e" when you get to the boot screen, slap a "2", "3", or
> even "single" on the end of the boot line, then press return and "b".

99% chance of grub here...

> LILO doesn't let you edit the command line at the boot screen, so you
> have to create a new entry in your lilo.conf with the appropriate
> runlevel in the kernel args list, then re-run /sbin/lilo.  The docs
> for either package should have more specific instructions.

Or, at the boot: prompt, type:

linux single


> Sounds like the rest was all Fedora-specific, so I'll let someone who
> knows more field those.

I'll get to that stuff in a sec...

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