[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI without a console?

Carl Brewer carl at bl.echidna.id.au
Wed May 10 23:33:53 UTC 2023


On 11/05/2023 6:42 am, Gary Mills wrote:
> On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 10:31:09AM -0500, Gary Mills wrote:
>> Is anybody running OI on a computer that does not have a console?
>> I have a system that I installed with the GUI image, and with an
>> HDMI console and USB keyboard and mouse.  Now I'd like to use this
>> system without all of them.
> 
> I have another question.  Will it help to have OI boot without the X11
> screen?  How do I accomplish that?  The text screen will be adequate
> for most of what I need to do.

You can turn off X11 easily enough, be aware that, at least in my 
experience, the text screen is painfully slow!

Not an issue if all you do is ssh into the box.





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