Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 06:07:01 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: start X in background without it taking over the console? Message-ID: <4DCA6DD5.7030005@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <4DCA66A8.8090608@telting.org> References: <4DCA1CD3.5010005@telting.org> <BANLkTikzZYbS6dnUbLhrAyK=VxhOH977SA@mail.gmail.com> <4DCA66A8.8090608@telting.org>
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On 05/11/2011 05:36 AM, Chris Telting wrote: > I already do... I'm want to automate it. Every other virtual screen > terminal can start without grabbing the console, I don't want X to > either. I do development and I suffer crashes. I want to do work while > it boots up for a couple minutes and I'm tired of manually switching > back to text mode. It's gets annoying the 200th time. You could script it right after X starts, as such: vidcontrol -s 1 # Equivalent to Alt-F1 I don't think X is currently designed to start without initializing the graphics hardware, though, so the initial vt change is probably unavoidable. Perhaps once KMS trickles down? -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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