From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFB23FD54 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:30:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [12.107.208.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g0G0UmW11766 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:30:48 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0G0Ukt29531 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:30:46 -0500 Received: from idscc07.onewest.net (idscc07.onewest.net [199.104.81.26]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0G0Ujw29526 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:30:45 -0500 Received: from rupin.localnet (ras221-145.srv.net [12.7.221.145]) by idscc07.onewest.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g0G0OuI17655 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:24:56 -0700 Received: from localhost (lcr@localhost) by rupin.localnet (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0G0UAO17124 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:30:10 -0700 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:30:10 -0700 (MST) From: "L. C. Robinson" To: Subject: Re: Preventing Lilo from clearing the screen In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Reply-To: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Jason Castonguay wrote: > I apologize if this question has been asked before, but it > appears that Lilo clears the screen at its prompt. I want it > not to clear the screen so that when I get to Linux's login > prompt, I can push shift-page-up to go back and see some of the > stuff the CMOS puts on the screen before a system actually > boots. Interesting: I have used lilo for years, and have never had it clear the screen, so I just had to find out how your setup was making it do that. So I searched /usr/doc/lilo-0.21/README, which is the ascii text version of the lilo manual, and found: MESSAGE= Specifies a file containing a message that is displayed before the boot prompt. No message is displayed while waiting for a modifier key ([Shift], etc.) after printing "LILO ". In the message, the FF character ([Ctrl L]) clears the local screen. The size of the message file is limited to 65535 bytes. The map file has to be rebuilt if the message file is changed or moved. > Is there a command or something that I can put in lilo.conf to > keep it from clearing the screen? No, adding stuff won't help, but from the passage quoted above, you can REMOVE the FF character from the message file (I assume you have one with some BEL characters (^G, aka control-G), for an audible prompt -- mine rings 3 times, from a ^G at the end of each line of the menu). If you don't need the message file at all, comment out the "MESSAGE=xxxx" line in your lilo.conf, and the problem should go away (don't forget to invoke lilo after the change). LCR -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html