[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] Sven, don't defect to the dark side!

[Paul Breneman]

Sven Barth wrote:
> On 13.03.2013 13:54, Paul Breneman wrote:
>> Sven Barth wrote:
>> ...
>>> ReactOS can be started in a headless mode (or at least it could be). It
>>> will then start the GUI only if a GUI application is encountered.
>>
>> Can you provide any more details or links?
> 
> In theory it should be sufficient to add the parameter "/CONSOLE" to the 
> options command line in C:\freeldr.ini, but this does not work anymore 
> (tested with a ~1 week old trunk version). I've looked a bit through the 
> code of win32csr and the code for switching between CLI and GUI is still 
> in place, but it seems that the start of WinLogon is the problem (which 
> will create the desktop object, etc)... I've not yet managed to employ 
> the correct registry changes to not start WinLogon (and also not crash 
> the system), so I can't comment any further... :(
> 
> Regards,
> Sven

Thanks Sven.  I'd like to try using ReactOS on headless embedded 
systems.  Here is my current page on ReactOS:
   http://www.turbocontrol.com/reactos.htm