MC in console

[Michal Grézl]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 22:05, Yury V. Zaytsev <yury at shurup.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Yury V. Zaytsev

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