Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread alex . andreotti
On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 10:21:55PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 13:43:54, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > I'm confused. Wasn't what the OP wanted a boot in regular text mode, no > > GUI, no framebuffer, just ascii codes straight to the monitor? That > > happens *a long time* before t

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Wed, 07 May 2014 00:50:01 +0200 Glenn English wrote: > I've always installed from a netinstall, without the GUI, so that GUI init >doesn't exist on my machines. This is the case with me too but Francois Patte also ask: >I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system. I don't know if

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 08 May 2014, Brian wrote: > On Thu 08 May 2014 at 12:10:02 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Mon, 05 May 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then > > > log_warning_msg "Not starting Light Display Manager (lightdm); found > > > 'text' in ker

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 08 May 2014 at 12:10:02 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 05 May 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then > > log_warning_msg "Not starting Light Display Manager (lightdm); found > > 'text' in kernel commandline." > > [...] > > fi > > Thi

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 05 May 2014, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > if grep -wqs text /proc/cmdline; then > log_warning_msg "Not starting Light Display Manager (lightdm); found > 'text' in kernel commandline." > [...] > fi This is broken. It will misfire on foo.text=. This same issue has caused problems already,

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 7 May 2014 06:06:03 -0400 Tom H wrote: > I suspect that he means kms. > > There's the "nomodeset" kernel cmdline option to turn it off (there > are also the card-specific "i915.modeset=0", "nouveau.modeset=0" > options) [clip] > As a remedy for such situations, the kernel configurati

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 7 May 2014 11:59:29 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 06 mai 14, 17:42:12, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > > > from /etc/default/grub: > > > > > > # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) > > > #GRUB_TERMINA

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Tom H
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 06 mai 14, 17:42:12, Steve Litt wrote: >> On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 >> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>> >>> from /etc/default/grub: >>> >>> # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) >>> #GRUB_TERMINAL=console >>> >>>

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 06 mai 14, 17:42:12, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > from /etc/default/grub: > > > > # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) > > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console > > > > then run update-grub. > > That often doesn't work, and

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Glenn English
On May 6, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> François Patte wrote: >>> >>> I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in >>> graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want >>> to have a "norm

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Tom H
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > François Patte wrote: >> >> I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in >> graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want >> to have a "normal boot" without X. >> >> I can't find any tuto for

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > François Patte wrote: > > Bonjour, > > > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I > > want to have a "normal boot" without X. > > > > I

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 2014 12:38:57 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: >>> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte >>> wrote: I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
François Patte wrote: Bonjour, I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want to have a "normal boot" without X. I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system. Thank you. from /etc/default/g

Re: Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread A Debian User
On Monday, 05 May, 2014 06:05 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 13:43:54, Steve Litt wrote: > > I'm confused. Wasn't what the OP wanted a boot in regular text mode, no > GUI, no framebuffer, just ascii codes straight to the monitor? That > happens *a long time* before the display manager runs. The OP said no GUI, but nothing about framebuff

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 5 May 2014 12:38:57 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: > > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte > > wrote: > > > > > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not > > > in graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 10:30:43, Dom wrote: >> On 05/05/14 09:58, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> Add "text" to the kernel cmdline. >> >> Which you can do by editing the /etc/default/grub file and changing >> >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" >> >> to >> >> GRUB_CMDL

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte >> wrote: >>> >>> I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in >>> graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode,

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 10:30:43, Dom wrote: > On 05/05/14 09:58, Tom H wrote: > > > >Add "text" to the kernel cmdline. > > Which you can do by editing the /etc/default/grub file and changing > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" > > to > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="text" > > and running update-grub Considering the

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 10:29:50, François Patte wrote: > Bonjour, > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want > to have a "normal boot" without X. Since you didn't mention I will assume you are runnin

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:58:14, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte > wrote: > > > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want > > to have a "normal boot" without X. > > > >

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Dom
On 05/05/14 09:58, Tom H wrote: On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want to have a "normal boot" without X. I can't find any tuto for grub2

Re: boot in console mode from grub2

2014-05-05 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:29 AM, François Patte wrote: > > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I want > to have a "normal boot" without X. > > I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system.