From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How do I make GuixSD boot screens appear on TTY?
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 17:14:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170128221418.GA4671@jasmine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86ziib6vex.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 10:44:54AM -0500, myglc2 wrote:
> I am remotely managing headless GuixSD servers using IPMI Serial over
> LAN (SOL). The BIOS, linux messages, and REPL work great.
>
> I also see ...
>
> GRUB loading.
> Welcome to GRUB!
>
> ... but I don't see the GuixSD boot menu ;-(
>
> Is there a way to make GuixSD boot screens appear on TTY?
One of my machines is unable to show the graphical menu, so I crudely
make it use the console menu with the attached diff.
We should make it smarter so it can be set properly in the OS
declaration, or even choose automatically.
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--- a/gnu/system/grub.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/grub.scm
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ system string---e.g., \"x86_64-linux\"."
insmod efi_uga
fi
- terminal_output gfxterm
+ terminal_output console
"
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2017-01-28 15:44 How do I make GuixSD boot screens appear on TTY? myglc2
2017-01-28 22:14 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2017-01-29 16:03 ` myglc2
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