en-US/Boot.xml

[John J. McDonough]

 en-US/Boot.xml |   45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit 4eb884b2c9a5fb9cae3695494d1732bb635ee833
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Thu Apr 30 15:59:44 2009 -0400

    Add paragraph on disabling graphical boot

diff --git a/en-US/Boot.xml b/en-US/Boot.xml
index c7bdacc..2f8f6da 100644
--- a/en-US/Boot.xml
+++ b/en-US/Boot.xml
@@ -3,15 +3,36 @@
 ]>
 
 <section>
-        <title>Fedora 11 Boot Time</title>
-        <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http"
-        url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Boot">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Boot</ulink></remark>
-        <para>
-	  To reduce boot time, the <systemitem
-	  class="daemon">setroubleshootd</systemitem> daemon and
-	  several small bottlenecks were removed. Regressions in using
-	  the readahead service were removed by setting low I/O
-	  priorities. Readahead now profiles the system every time the
-	  RPM database changes.
-	</para>
-    </section>
+  <title>Fedora 11 Boot Time</title>
+  <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http"
+  url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Boot">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Boot</ulink></remark>
+  <para>
+    To reduce boot time, the <systemitem
+    class="daemon">setroubleshootd</systemitem> daemon and several
+    small bottlenecks were removed. Regressions in using the readahead
+    service were removed by setting low I/O priorities. Readahead now
+    profiles the system every time the RPM database changes.
+  </para>
+  <section>
+    <title>Disabling graphical boot (Plymouth)</title>
+    <para>
+      When troubleshooting problems with graphical boot, one
+      step is to disable the kernel mode setting feature.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Adding <command>nomodeset</command> to the kernel boot prompt in
+      <code>grub</code> disables modesetting.  This can be specified
+      during normal boot by entering the <code>GRUB</code> menu and
+      appending <command>nomodeset</command> to the line that begins
+      <code>kernel /vmlinuz...</code>.  It can be disabled in
+      configuration by adding the <command>nomodeset</command> option
+      to the same line in <filename>/etc/grub.conf</filename>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      If you are having problems with the graphical boot, be sure to
+      file or comment on an existing bug report at <ulink type="http"
+      url="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora"
+      /> under the <package>plymouth</package> component.
+    </para>
+  </section>  
+</section>