Non-X text mode console
Chris Snook
csnook at redhat.com
Tue Sep 16 01:05:22 UTC 2008
sean darcy wrote:
> David A. Wheeler wrote:
>> I routinely use text mode console without X, for a
>> variety of reasons. For example:
>> * I have a number of systems (servers) at runlevel 3
>> * console is critically important when X fails. "Log in with ssh"
>> doesn't work when ssh or the network fails.
>
> Have I missed something...big? If I can't ssh into those boxes, can't I
> have someone just use the console in person? Some of these boxes are
> ooold - 600mhz 256mb, which BTW, works superbly at runlevel 3. X would
> be a real strain, and is generally not even installed.
>
> Tell me it ain't so.
>
> sean
>
It ain't so. This is a gross misunderstanding of the fact that we're moving to
using a kernel framebuffer by default, like some distros did almost a decade
ago. And you can opt out with 'nomodeset' on the boot command line, to get the
old vga BIOS framebuffer.
-- Chris
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