Felix Miata wrote:
So you want to be able to do this on any normal boot?
--- ?? What's a normal boot -- you mean from disk (after a machine reset) or from RAM using kexec?
Why not do as I do as a matter of course, disable graphical boot?
I do. But the kernel still will set its idea of some mode to support different 'fonts'. It's also true that by default, 80x25 is too few lines for me. So I resize to about 100+ x 43... I say 100-plus because I don't remember the exact width, but its about 43 lines tall.
don't know how Grub2 works WRT initializing video mode because I don't use it. Same for Lilo. But with Grub, I notice only one mode switch during boot, and that resultant mode remains on the vttys as long as the boot lasts.
Hmmm....
The change I notice is either from whatever it is that the kernel or Grub come up with on its/their own as a consequence of vga= or no vga= being present on cmdline,
---- Tried putting a vga= on command line, but lilo complains saying to not put it on the command line and that the global flag is handled by lilo... to whatever KMS produces as a result of the
video= I put on the cmdline.
Hmmm... the vga mode in the global section sets it before the kernel unpacks, as I usually see that message, then: [ 0.000000] Linux version 4.8.8-Isht-Van (lw@Ishtar) (gcc version 4.9.0 (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 17 14:06:12 PST 2016 [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=488-Isht-Van rw root=/dev/sdc1 root=/dev/sdc1 rw showopts console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 elevator=deadline pcie_ports=native reboot=bios printk.time=1 [ 0.000000] KERNEL supported cpus: .... (but no timing info on screen). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org