From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id wB5MNRqE022852 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 17:23:27 -0500 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 6BA3D101963C; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 22:23:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx18.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.47]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60A981019638 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 22:23:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from filtteri.svk.fi (79-134-96-138.cust.suomicom.net [79.134.96.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A4853001E42 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2018 22:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtteri.svk.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 439CtF1vkjz1ycL for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 00:23:17 +0200 (EET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ijn2.net; h= message-id:references:in-reply-to:subject:subject:from:from:date :date:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type :mime-version:received:received; s=dkim; t=1544048577; x= 1545862978; bh=q2hNvoiUzwq8CFXltH5kT7e+oj8tKo8gvtWDYIgesiM=; b=h iqbJ/l+Rd8TKmsmTZk18mxoTn/Q3tyoa3iEiJRqOVrMBIO0sxqo52GIOds/mHaU7 W6av4jNLGxJ/VGCK1cuDormFCqD4gsD1fZeVcYFD8f7keHLmQvqGnmhKEJAcaolF SQ0cs068lVYNoJkEOzvEhXfaO7xFP4bnNSBpXgRWapPU0ju1jD+Ip+DBxOUgKeNv EB/9R/zH9zsXyvmJoz2IkkmNPZt7iKm5DnnEqjdAl8x6MQstfJD7FI/DTRNGorZ9 SCYO906XbTewBVkgpoLKyw8yaXrWBPBQr/QqpLk2gLLngXmZsdZtHS+GLhT1xP2A gt1B1adD46Jwtf/C6OQcg== X-Amavis-Modified: Mail body modified (using disclaimer) - filtteri.svk.fi X-Virus-Scanned: Scrollout F1 at svk.fi Received: from filtteri.svk.fi ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (filtteri.svk.fi [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 1Da0LhZHIe6l for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 00:22:57 +0200 (EET) Received: from joosua.svk.fi (unknown [192.168.10.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by filtteri.svk.fi (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 439Css5l6bz1yQ5 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 00:22:57 +0200 (EET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:22:53 +0200 To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Booting Linux with No Video card In-Reply-To: <20181205.212122.046.2@[192.168.1.146]> References: <20181205.212122.046.2@[192.168.1.146]> Message-ID: <10dcfffb1c7ce34509792847ceb7226d@ijn2.net> X-Sender: immo.niemela@ijn2.net X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, ACL 238 matched, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.47]); Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:23:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.47]); Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:23:22 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'79.134.96.138' DOMAIN:'79-134-96-138.cust.suomicom.net' HELO:'filtteri.svk.fi' FROM:'immo.niemela@svk.fi' RCPT:'' X-RedHat-Spam-Score: 0.563 (DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_PASS) 79.134.96.138 79-134-96-138.cust.suomicom.net 79.134.96.138 79-134-96-138.cust.suomicom.net X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.110.47 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Linux for blind general discussion X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:23:27 -0000 Linux for blind general discussion wrote 2018-12-05 21:21 UTC: > I have a new computer whose board has no video. I heard you could > still get linux to boot, anyway. Is there something I can edit on my > debian USB stick to get it to work? > It really depends on your computer firmware. If the firmware is satisfied booting without video capabilities you need to edit your boot loader configuration. I'm assuming debian's kernel is happy without video. Please note that most desktops have video on the same die (or chip) as the cpu just like pretty much everything else but RAM. So you might have embedded video... Search in boot loader config file for kernel line where you need to state your console. E.g. add console=ttyS0 in the end. You find documentation in kernel documentation since it is kernel boot argument you are dealing with. You need to have some console device in order to use your computer. What you hook to the console port is yet another story. I have only worked with teletype and visual terminals long time ago so can't help with braille terminal if that's what you plan to use. /B