On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 03:54:46PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:43:50AM -0700, Bruce Korb wrote:
> > Well, my distro (openSuSE) generates a special entry for "rescue"
> > mode, too. But it rescues me into run level 5. "init 3" will,
> > indeed, drop me back to multi-user and "init 1" back to single user,
> > but without a reboot, various dinkleberries were an interference. (I
> > forget why -- perhaps a misperception. I'm not at home right now.)
>
> Well runlevels and their meanings are a user space issue. 1 is only
> single user by tradition, it doesn't have to be.
>
> Really not something a boot loader can know or care about.
>
> > I have learned that in the grub2 menu mode, you can press "e" and all
> > of a sudden you can edit the command line. It seems my request boils
> > down to some documentation. In the menu code so when I'm looking at
> > the menu, there should be something to indicate that I can press "e"
> > and edit the line to include a "1" at the end of the line. I know
> > that theoretically every operating system can have command line
> > operands that are completely different. In practicality, however,
> > they are 99.99% UNIX derivatives so pressing five keys to get to
> > single user mode ought not be a big issue: e<enter><space>1<enter>
> > -- right? Not at home to try???.
>
> Hmm, I thought it was right on the screen that e was edit. I guess if
> you use a graphical menu it might not be there.
>
> And of course you ahve to hit control-x to boot your custom entry as
> far as I remember.
I do remember the e for edit text too and once you are in edit mode
the special keys like ctrl-x are listed too. Editing is also self
explanatory. Cursor keys work, backspace and del work and other keys
simply insert the text. But I use text mode too.
So might the bug be that the graphical menu is missing the help text
at the bottom?
MfG
Goswin
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