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A simpler method of direct-to-console booting
Authored by: Darkshadow on Jul 23, '03 11:41:10AM
Well, for the startAqua script, you can try taking off the console argument to the loginwindow & WindowServer. When I initially made the script, I didn't have those two lines and it worked for me - it was only later that I noticed those two arguments and edited my script.

The script works fine for me with those two arguments, but it's something to try.

As to the shutdown errors, I haven't seen them - what exactly is the command you're using to try to shut down? Using shutdown -h NOW always works for me.

I also believe the refresh issues with the console is actually dependent on your monitor, for some reason. I get a pretty quick refresh, but I also have a bug no one else I have talked to has - if I let the prompt get to the bottom of the screen, hitting return will either make the console think I hit it 5 times or everyonce in a while, 50 times. Interestingly, if I hit the enter key while this scrolling is going on, it'll stop immediately. I always forget to test if using the enter key exclusively will keep this weird bug from happening...so I'm not sure on that one.

The screen dimming and sleep should happen still - they're not actually tied to the system, but is part of the power management unit. You don't have a way to trigger it, as far as I know, but if you let the computer sit there without typing anything, the screen should still dim after you've been idle for awhile. I can't verify that the sleep works (as I don't actually have my machine ever go to sleep), but I do know the screen will dim. Typing any character will get it to come back awake after that. It may be that the console has a different set idle time than the system (in Aqua) does (I'm not sure of this, as I haven't ever thought to time it), but it will dim eventually.

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