MC in console

[Keith Roberts]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote:

> To: Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>
> From: Yury V. Zaytsev <yury at shurup.com>
> Subject: Re: MC in console
> 
> 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.

OK :)

> -- 
> Sincerely yours,
> Yury V. Zaytsev