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[poma]

On 24.04.2015 18:57, Giulio 'juliuxpigface' wrote:
> On 24.04.2015 13:02, Giulio 'juliuxpigface' wrote:
>> On 24/04/2015 11.13 +0200, poma wrote:
>>> On 24.04.2015 07:50, Giulio 'juliuxpigface' wrote:
>>>> Il giorno gio, 23/04/2015 alle 22.58 +0200, poma ha scritto:
>>>>> On 23.04.2015 21:20, Giulio 'juliuxpigface' wrote:
>>>>>>> On 23.04.2015 20:23, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can I simply delete "rhgb quiet" in order to show what's 
>>>>>>>> happening 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course, this is my default everywhere.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> during the boot process, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=  ? I hesitate 
>>>>>>>> to 
>>>>>>>> make 
>>>>>>>> a 
>>>>>>>> change and find that I can't boot the computer ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [bobg at box10 ~]$ cat /etc/default/grub
>>>>>>>> GRUB_TIMEOUT=15
>>>>>>>> GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system
>>>>>>>> -release)"
>>>>>>>> GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
>>>>>>>> GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
>>>>>>>> GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
>>>>>>>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rhgb quiet"
>>>>>>>> GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you don't want to touch the bootloader's configuration, 
>>>>>> there is
>>>>>> another easy (and non-persistent) way.
>>>>>> You could stop Grub's countdown, hit 'e', erase 'rhgb quiet' 
>>>>>> and 
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> boot (Ctrl+X, if I remember right).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> //Giulio (juliuxpigface)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Giulio, how can the same thing be done with the Extlinux?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1) Press a button in order to stop the countdown.
>>>
>>> This is a segment of my Extlinux configuration:
>>>
>>> ui menu.c32
>>> menu title Extlinux
>>> timeout 10
>>>
>>> label Fedora ...
>>> ...
>>>
>>> If I press e.g. an "A" key, it will only reset the 10 secondi 
>>> countdown, but will not stop it.
>>> What must I do to actually stop it?
>>
>> Well, I'm trying with KDE live (Beta TC2) and pressing a key (e.g.
>> "A"), actually stops the countdown.
>>
> 
>> I tried, but cannot possibly do it like that.
>> Can you tell me what is the version?
> 
> I think that all the Live ISOs provide the same functionality. But...
> Wait... Actually, I was wrong with one of my previous answers... I've
> just tried more carefully ExtLinux inside Beta KDE and there the
> countdown stops when I hit the arrow keys. As you said, if we hit 'A'
> it resets the 10 seconds.
> 
> So... Sorry, I did a mystake :).
> 

Mistakes are admirable essence of every deed. ;)

>>>
>>>> 2) Press 'tab' on the row you want to customize.
>>>
>>> How to get to the "row" I want to customize?
>>
>> With, 'row' I mean 'menu item'. Just move with the arrows key,
>> highlight, for example, 'Start Fedora Live' and press tab.
>>
> 
>> AHA, that could be it!
> 
>>>
>>>> 3) You should now be able to erase 'rhgb' and 'quiet'.
>>>
>>> After all this, what must I do to finally start the boot process?
>>
>> Just hit the 'enter' key.
>>
> 
>> Uhh, how did I miss that.
> 
>>>
>>>>
>>>> //Giulio (juliuxpigface)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> // Giulio (juliuxpigface)
>>
> 
>> Many thanks.