Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 08:45:36 -0400 From: Anthony Jenkins <Scoobi_doo@yahoo.com> To: gljennjohn@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Console only boot option Message-ID: <bc0edbcf-811b-6bb3-3823-3b55bf79439e@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20160902091350.5a5d69ce@ernst.home> References: <e48d3b7a-f2ac-3d12-56a4-b907a36ac099@yahoo.com> <20160902091350.5a5d69ce@ernst.home>
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On 09/02/16 03:13, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:22:23 -0400
> Anthony Jenkins via freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> 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?
Good ideas... I like "Text only" or "Console only", or I can negate the
option and make it "GUI" which would be "On" by default; users would
turn it "off" to disable GUI desktop startup.
My 2 cents,
Anthony
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