Chris Snook 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.
-- Chris
So if I have a box set to runlevel 3 without any kernel parameters,
what's on the monitor? Nothing?
How do I tell a tech to get to grub.conf and change the kernel
parameter? ( I can imagine this phone call!)
Or does the tech reboot ( hard, ctl-alt-del? ) and edit from the grub
screen?
Or does the kernel framebuffer display on the monitor? If so, that's
fine. I don't care about fonts or pretty colors. A simple command line
is OK.
sean
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