Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:35:05 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode Message-ID: <20120607203505.GG5592@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <4FD05C16.9040905@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FD05C16.9040905@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 10:45:26AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > It's long been a wish of mine to have an ability to decide at boot time that a > system should boot in "console-only" mode. That is, that no graphics/X > applications like e.g. xdm/kdm/gdm are automatically started even when they are > configured to do so. > > Here is my attempt at implementing that: > https://gitorious.org/~avg/freebsd/avgbsd/commit/96f7051d63d4286ef6f0196d241e7855338a6ed7?format=patch > > All the option does at boot time is setting of 'inhibit_gui' variable for kernel > environment. I like this idea. rc(8) sets rc_fast=yes when the system boots, so it would be possible to extend the scripts that start a desktop manager can use a code like this: if [ -n "$rc_fast" -a "`kenv inhibit_gui 2> /dev/null`" = "1" ]; then echo "Console only mode, $name not started" exit 0 fi Then the user can still start the DM manually by issuing "service $name start". [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/REHkACgkQKc512sD3afjauACfVCcxcB4tsR6yPcV7ubHSarjD 0J4AoL3uwXXyT5l2qu3K8w/Flm5aCXxu =bwrH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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