On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:31:12 +0100, Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
 wrote:

>Therefore "norhgb" as no effect. As you already mentioned, only "linux n
ox"
and a manual "startx" is working. :-(
>
>To avoid this problem in future releases of the SL LiveCDs, I see three
possibilities:
>
>1. remove "rhgb" from the default boot options - no graphical bootup per

default.
>2. make "norhgb" working - /etc/rc.sysinit has to be modified.
>3. (at least) remove "rhgb" from failsafe bootup options.
>
>or just leave it like it is.
>
>Anybody has an opinion on that?

Is it out of the question to configure X before rhgb starts?  For my case
 at
least, the problem isn't that SL can't figure out how to run X on my
hardware, just that it doesn't do so early enough.

What would be the consequences of turning off rhgb?   Would it stop gdm f
rom
running and force all users to type 'startx' after logging in if they wan
t
an X session?  Or does rhgb just hide the details of the boot process?  I
f
the second, then I personally would be happy with your option 1.

Btw, what is the 'nox' option supposed to do?  It evidently doesn't stop 
X
from being configured.  Does it really just mean 'no graphical login'?  I
t
doesn't get consulted in /etc/rc.sysinit.  Where does it have its effect?