Non-X text mode console

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Chris Snook <csnook at redhat.com> wrote:
> 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.


Sorry for acting dumb, but I'll ask the question that I have:

Will I be able to do Ctrl+Alt+F1? And will I be able to use a machine
locally without X?

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