On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 03:04:53AM +0200, [email protected] wrote
> Is there any way to switch a flatscreen to console
> without this "color explosions" ?
> Thanks a lot in advance for any help!
The command you want is "chvt". E.g...
chvt 1
...will change you over to text console 1, just like the {CTRL-ALT-F1}
key combo. You may want to try "chvt 12" (equivalant to {CTRL-ALT-F12}
if you want to see logging while the shutdown is in progress. I don't
know what desktop or window manager you use, but if it has a shutdown
script you can include "chvt 12" (without the quotes) in it. Another
option is to put it in /etc/conf.d/local.stop but be careful when doing
etc-update that it doesn't get overwritten by the default empty file.
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Walter Dnes <[email protected]>
