Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 09:13:50 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@gmail.com> To: Anthony Jenkins via freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Console only boot option Message-ID: <20160902091350.5a5d69ce@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <e48d3b7a-f2ac-3d12-56a4-b907a36ac099@yahoo.com> References: <e48d3b7a-f2ac-3d12-56a4-b907a36ac099@yahoo.com>
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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?
--
Gary Jennejohn
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