Heeeelp, my Fedora won't let me start in text mode

[Janina Sajka]

Yes, this advice is correct, but executing it isn't quite straight
forward, regretably.

The problem is something called First Boot which doesn't follow the
standard GUI convention on Linux which lets you go to a text console by
pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or Ctrl-Alt-F2, etc.).

So, you need to boot first into single user mode from whence you can:

chkconfig --level 0123456 firstboot off

At that point, you may start in a graphical logon screen, but you'll be
able to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go to a text console logon screen.

To go to single user mode:

1.)	If using grub do 'a s' during the grub screen.

PS:	You've probably not made grub accessible, so this may be a bit
hit and miss.

2.)	If using lilo do:

[default.kernel.name] s


Erik Heil writes:
> From: "Erik Heil" <eheil at patmedia.net>
> 
> What you need to do is change the default runlevel the system boots into,
> and all should be fine.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Krister Ekstrom" <crisekstrom at bredband.net>
> To: "speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:46 AM
> Subject: Heeeelp, my Fedora won't let me start in text mode
> 
> 
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> > Hi  speakup,
> >
> >   I have just installed Fedora core 1.0 using the speakup enabled
> >   boot-orig.iso disc. The installation went well, i can even boot from
> >   the hard drive now, but unfortunately it seems it boots into a
> >   graphical mode and i can't get a text console to start my Speakup,
> >   if such a beast exists on my hard drive at the moment.
> >   I'm at a loss as to what to do and so i ask the fedora users out
> >   there for any assistance.
> >   TIA
> >
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> > /Krister
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina at rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org