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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
 "
         ""))
 
-- 
2.11.0


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  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-28 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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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