linux system that does not use the console except in TEXT mode.

[shimi]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:18 AM, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a computer with a bad graphics processor on the motherboard. It
> boots fine in text mode, and I can install Windows XP on it. As long as it
> stays in VGA or text mode, and does not access the graphics processor, it
> runs fine. It's a nice little machine, relatively fast and small. Perfect to
> put in a corner and use as a file server, video conversion processor, etc.
> It can not be fixed.
>
> When I tried to install UBUNTU 10.04, which I did because I have 2 other
> UBUNTU systems and don't want to hassle with something else, including the
> alternate (text installer), or server (text only) versions, it installs
> fine, but crashes on reboot. If I boot into single user mode it crashes, if
> I boot into just a kernel, e.g. "init=/bin/bash" it's fine.
>
> So it is not a linux problem per se, but a problem with UBUNTU accessing
> the graphics processor.
>
> Is there another distro that does not do this? One that I could install for
> example on a computer with a serial console?
>
> I don't want to spend a lot of time going through the startup maze to find
> the one command that kills the system. It causes an instant reboot, so there
> is no log, and no way to see it happen, by the time it has happened, the
> computer is rebooting. :-(
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
I think most distro's have 'nox' and/or 'nofb' or equivalent...

-- Shimi
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