Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 06:38:31 -0700 From: Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> To: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: start X in background without it taking over the console? Message-ID: <4DCBE2D7.9030108@telting.org> In-Reply-To: <4DCA6DD5.7030005@cyberleo.net> References: <4DCA1CD3.5010005@telting.org> <BANLkTikzZYbS6dnUbLhrAyK=VxhOH977SA@mail.gmail.com> <4DCA66A8.8090608@telting.org> <4DCA6DD5.7030005@cyberleo.net>
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On 05/11/2011 04:07, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: > 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 Thank you for answering. I was fearful of that. Just means another project. Related to Kernel Memory Switching I mention of Coreboot on slashdot the other day and I have to say I'm excited by it more than when it was called LinuxBIOS, my understanding now being that it isn't a full Linux kernel buy may eventually become a striped down version of it. I'm hoping that it evolves into a basic real time kernel of it's own and initializing drivers. Hopefully the place where all soft firmware for devices eventually gets loaded rather than in OS drivers; ironically working with the GPL by downloading it's own initializing drivers directly. Be nice to have half second boot times.
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