RHEL 4 - Is there setting that will show the OS startup messages

[C. Cellucci]

Hi,
In RHEL 4 when the kernel boots it displays about 4 lines of messages and then a GUI screen takes over until a login prompt is displayed. If I want to see the startup details I need to press the space bar.

I've searched but I can not find any information to turn this booting GUI display off. Is there a way?

Thanks,

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

Try using the "nofb" kernel option.

Edit /etc/grub.conf and add to the kernel options line

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ nofb quiet

[Ivan Ferreira]

The real thing is that you have to remove the rhgb option (red hat graphical boot).

The quiet option hides the majority of boot messages before rhgb starts.

[Ross Minkov]

...either that or just use "dmesg" after the system boots up to examine the kernel ring buffer.

[C. Cellucci]

The modifications to grub.conf worked.

Thanks !!