From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Fri Sep 2 07:13:59 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14EDABCCA40 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2016 07:13:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x243.google.com (mail-wm0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 900BCEFC for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2016 07:13:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x243.google.com with SMTP id w207so1626599wmw.0 for ; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:13:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=toRxJ2dt8M/CEApQNUWDb0wTVWbVylvYlnKXMT+d4Xw=; b=XGPJPMQRRBirmGmjc9AC4awTgkJ+hADLIpl/UW1VgjbrWdZDXgS3zfCCpKLLx35vbo DPTVjG9pxXHvgd0w0vubEh9HQ3tqA6opyVGCU6lVDDaEJRKOgrcksRvmiSGcEheIbLly aFupErDv9Ex+TmIwpGNxpvc+IPhs2MIgwBF17d4Eu/DMluqK0rLmqTBNfZxMEYbgiNUe G+qWDAMtlPwQioarHxFlc/ZYUH9UQvvT5rjwAu4fVWk+6OdKvlhYo4swKBcOjAqUSqGE olUnSblv6IqmV5f9LHK5f2mautMyUqF+2Io+pGCG8R2q2HPcLezTyh7wTZc/5AJU3olm ir0Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=toRxJ2dt8M/CEApQNUWDb0wTVWbVylvYlnKXMT+d4Xw=; b=UZWTNqVfdITbUhoc5Q0no00gIcnLqciDRkneF9YymK39TSZLWdcsUhvTd8jiFEyjwi xzKx6UrPjNfa9AaJWdFpeFjRG6eWFbZVj/P70zjumsZ5Py4NQQt6C0KX2R4eR28nNL8u 2W8KgrDSUQRF3Tx7H1CsWHoVdDeJ0Vb5aPs12v8Maut3CB1rKvM7//NNkNsHHK/HVXbo Ei8fs/7abgay29578MalenCQ7YxmJDjrWqd4EOdnlUQByGhsY5OTe4QHLpgI6SiMVYhT YiRzLFI27xPqjXBNOExUGnAMXloDAUVPc5xJR8vH2jJe3OSR0Dwpzh3eGmslyCiIwfNJ us0A== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwPv3lSxBTocg1X7+x2pZV2cUSBj/UKl2Op/H97aMeQ3A/wnX5V2DHorQjyUVYFR3w== X-Received: by 10.28.183.134 with SMTP id h128mr1484284wmf.7.1472800437158; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:13:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ernst.home (p578E2ACB.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [87.142.42.203]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e65sm2163395wmg.3.2016.09.02.00.13.55 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 09:13:50 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Anthony Jenkins via freebsd-x11 Subject: Re: Console only boot option Message-ID: <20160902091350.5a5d69ce@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: gljennjohn@gmail.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:13:59 -0000 On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:22:23 -0400 Anthony Jenkins via freebsd-x11 wrote: > I have a patch against base that adds an option "Console" to the Boot > Options sub-menu to prevent a GUI desktop port from being started: > > 1. Back to Main Menu [Backspace] > 2. Load System Defaults > > Boot Options: > 3. Safe Mode... Off > 4. Single User. Off > 5. Verbose..... off > 6. Console..... off > > > When set to "On", a kernel environment variable "boot_console" is set to > "YES"; else "boot_console" is unset. A GUI desktop startup script in > ${LOCALBASE}/etc/rc.d/ should read this variable and, if set, should > > * Ignore a command to start the GUI > * Unset "boot_console" (this allows one to manually start the GUI > after initial boot). > > I'm open to suggestions about semantics to make this functionality > clearer (e.g. "Console..... On" is not intuitive). > Text[-only] Console perhaps? Or Non-GUI Console? -- Gary Jennejohn