MC in console

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 21:02 +0100, Keith Roberts wrote:

> There must be a way to disable the splash screen, and boot 
> in text/psuedo text mode, so you see your services starting?
> 
> Try passing 'nomodeset' as a kernel parameter at boot time.
> See if you can disable the splash screen thing?

Why would I do this? I am quite sure that there must be other ways to
find out whether it's a frame-buffered console or not. 

I can switch to console anytime using CTRL+ALT+F1, btw.
 
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Sincerely yours,
Yury V. Zaytsev