how do I disable graphics acceleration in console mode
 

hello
How do i disable grahpics acceleration in console mode?

I can't see any reason why it would be running in console mode to begin with. There's nothing to accelerate

if you are talking about frame buffer.. you would disable through grub or lilo.. in lilo just change

vga=###

to

vga=normal




in grub I am not sure.. I have never really used grub.

thanks trey. ill go try that

yes there is a reason to disable it in console mode. I cant start xwindows cause it crashes (yes the linux in my pc crashes) every time. maybe its because i enabled graphics acceleration. I dunno I'm just a newbie

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The console mode fraebuffer and acceleration under X are two different things. Maybe I'd add a method to remove acceleration from X. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and comment out 'Load "glx"' line. 'comment out' meas to put # before the line so it looks this way
# Load "glx"
If that doesn't work, look for 'Section "Device"'. There should be something like Driver "nvidia" close (instead of nviadia you may have a different thing, depending on the video card). Replace it with Driver "vesa". You should be able to start X then.