Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-13 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 09/06/2012 19:17 Doug Barton said the following: If this were a problem we didn't already have a solution for, I'd be much more interested in what you're proposing. I wonder if you were in the same mindset when you worked on service(8). This is not to doubt service(8) usefulness, of course.

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-13 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/13/2012 06:50 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 09/06/2012 19:17 Doug Barton said the following: If this were a problem we didn't already have a solution for, I'd be much more interested in what you're proposing. I wonder if you were in the same mindset when you worked on service(8). This is

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-10 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 09/06/2012 17:45 Marcin Wisnicki said the following: On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:57:41 +0300, Gleb Kurtsou wrote: On (07/06/2012 11:56), Andriy Gapon wrote: A user doesn't have to select the option unless he needs to. A simple user can just reboot without selecting the option to get back his

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-09 Thread Jason Hellenthal
On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 07:28:50AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 09/06/2012 04:16 Jason Hellenthal said the following: runlevel support might be a better solution so it does not differ that much from what other systems do and would be easy for people to grasp. Patches are welcome, as

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-09 Thread Marcin Wisnicki
On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:57:41 +0300, Gleb Kurtsou wrote: On (07/06/2012 11:56), Andriy Gapon wrote: A user doesn't have to select the option unless he needs to. A simple user can just reboot without selecting the option to get back his X. A user doesn't have to learn anything about the code,

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-09 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/07/2012 11:10, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 07/06/2012 17:29 Doug Barton said the following: On 06/07/2012 02:57 AM, Gleb Kurtsou wrote: What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable options in rc.conf? I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. #

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-09 Thread George Mitchell
On 06/09/12 10:37, Jason Hellenthal wrote: On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 07:28:50AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 09/06/2012 04:16 Jason Hellenthal said the following: runlevel support might be a better solution so it does not differ that much from what other systems do and would be easy for people

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-08 Thread Aled Morris
On 7 June 2012 16:12, Garrett Cooper yaneg...@gmail.com wrote: I've run into _multiple_ scenarios where this isn't possible because the terminal settings are screwed up in single user mode, and had to resort to `sed -i '' `. ed is the standard text editor Aled

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-08 Thread Jason Hellenthal
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:06:09PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: on 07/06/2012 12:57 Gleb Kurtsou said the following: What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable options in rc.conf? I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. # set

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-08 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 09/06/2012 04:16 Jason Hellenthal said the following: runlevel support might be a better solution so it does not differ that much from what other systems do and would be easy for people to grasp. Patches are welcome, as always. -- Andriy Gapon

boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Andriy Gapon
It's long been a wish of mine to have an ability to decide at boot time that a system should boot in console-only mode. That is, that no graphics/X applications like e.g. xdm/kdm/gdm are automatically started even when they are configured to do so. Here is my attempt at implementing that:

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Konstantin Belousov
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 10:45:26AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: It's long been a wish of mine to have an ability to decide at boot time that a system should boot in console-only mode. That is, that no graphics/X applications like e.g. xdm/kdm/gdm are automatically started even when they are

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 07/06/2012 11:47 Konstantin Belousov said the following: On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 10:45:26AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: It's long been a wish of mine to have an ability to decide at boot time that a system should boot in console-only mode. That is, that no graphics/X applications like

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Gleb Kurtsou
On (07/06/2012 11:56), Andriy Gapon wrote: on 07/06/2012 11:47 Konstantin Belousov said the following: On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 10:45:26AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: It's long been a wish of mine to have an ability to decide at boot time that a system should boot in console-only mode.

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 07/06/2012 12:57 Gleb Kurtsou said the following: What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable options in rc.conf? I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. # set rc.slim_enable=no -- overrides slim_enable=yes in rc.conf Similarly

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/07/2012 02:57 AM, Gleb Kurtsou wrote: What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable options in rc.conf? I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. # set rc.slim_enable=no -- overrides slim_enable=yes in rc.conf Similarly rc.pf_enable=no

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Doug Barton do...@freebsd.org wrote: On 06/07/2012 02:57 AM, Gleb Kurtsou wrote: What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable options in rc.conf? I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. # set rc.slim_enable=no --

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Gleb Kurtsou gleb.kurt...@gmail.com wrote: On (07/06/2012 11:56), Andriy Gapon wrote: on 07/06/2012 11:47 Konstantin Belousov said the following: On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 10:45:26AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: It's long been a wish of mine to have an ability

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Doug Barton
On 06/07/2012 08:12 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: I've run into _multiple_ scenarios where this isn't possible because the terminal settings are screwed up in single user mode, and had to resort to `sed -i '' `. If that happens, a) report it! SUM is a very important part of FreeBSD, and it needs

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Andriy Gapon
on 07/06/2012 17:29 Doug Barton said the following: On 06/07/2012 02:57 AM, Gleb Kurtsou wrote: What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable options in rc.conf? I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. # set rc.slim_enable=no -- overrides

Re: boot menu option to disable graphics mode

2012-06-07 Thread Lars Engels
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 10:45:26AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: It's long been a wish of mine to have an ability to decide at boot time that a system should boot in console-only mode. That is, that no graphics/X applications like e.g. xdm/kdm/gdm are automatically started even when they are