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02-09-2005, 10:24 PM
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware 10.2 & 11.0
Posts: 155
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auto load gui?
i want to bypass lilo's long wait automaticly and set it up to go to gui automaticly. how would i go about it?? adding some scripts? i'm at a loss there...
im using slack 9 btw.....
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02-09-2005, 10:29 PM
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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Brazil
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 99
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you don't have to change lilo configuration...
you only have to edit a file:
/etc/inittab
choose your favorite editor..
look for this line:
id:3:initdefault:
this number (3) indicates that you will start in console mode
for the gui, just change it to 4, ok?
hope it works!
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02-09-2005, 10:30 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Akron, OH
Distribution: Slackware 14.2-stable, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Set "timeout" equal to 0 in your /etc/lilo.conf file and then run "lilo -v" to write the changes (this must be done as root). This will bypass the timer countdown in the LILO page ... however, the start-up text screen will still run. So you won't go to X directly from LILO, but at least you won't have to wait for LILO to time out.
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02-09-2005, 10:31 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Savannah, GA
Distribution: Ubuntu, Gentoo, Mythbuntu, ClarkConnect
Posts: 1,154
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so, like run gdm/kdm/xdm by default, or something more crazy?
pico /etc/inittab, change line
id:3:initdefault:
to 4
edit:
here... so i can feel like i actually contributed something here (i guess i'm a slow typer)...
you might find this beneficial:
http://www.nesware.net/odin/gdmslack.php
Last edited by secesh; 02-09-2005 at 10:32 PM.
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02-09-2005, 10:32 PM
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Member
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware 10.2 & 11.0
Posts: 155
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thanks 
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02-10-2005, 07:27 AM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 662
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tino27
Set "timeout" equal to 0 in your /etc/lilo.conf file and then run "lilo -v" to write the changes (this must be done as root). This will bypass the timer countdown in the LILO page ... however, the start-up text screen will still run. So you won't go to X directly from LILO, but at least you won't have to wait for LILO to time out.
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Setting the timeout to zero will actually make it last infinitely. You need to comment out (with a hash sign, #) the prompt line. That'll force LILO to skip the boot menu. Then run LILO, and it'll update the boot manager.
As for going directly into X, just edit /etc/inittab and change :id:3:initdefault to :id:4:initdefault
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02-10-2005, 08:37 AM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Akron, OH
Distribution: Slackware 14.2-stable, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Posts: 401
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According to the man page for lilo.conf ...
timeout=<tsecs>
sets a timeout (in tenths of a second) for keyboard
input at the boot: prompt. "timeout" only has
meaning if "prompt" is mentioned. If no key is
pressed for the specified time, the default image
is automatically booted. The default timeout is
infinite.
And just to be sure, I changed the "timeout" value to 0 in my own lilo.conf file, and rebooted. Sure enough, the LILO screen came up, but the default image (the first one listed) booted immediately.
Last edited by Tino27; 02-10-2005 at 08:38 AM.
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