#16500: app_server: Option to operate Haiku without app_server
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Reporter: CodeforEvolution | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Servers/app_server | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Platform: All
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**What:**
Simply put, I feel that there should be the ability for Haiku to function
and (optionally) boot without the app_server being available.
I believe we used "consoled" in the past when app_server didn't even
exist. :)
**Why:**
Here are a few reasons to add this functionality:
- Allow users to recover from app_server crashes
- Allow users to retrieve more information for developers if experiencing
a "black screen" related problem
- Allows developers to more easily determine if a user is experiencing a
boot up problem or a graphics problem (avoid the "black screen" all
together!)
- Allow developers to investigate an app_server crash with more
information (you don't have to use the KDL debugger, and can use the
command line interface to Debugger instead)
- Allow developers working on new architectures to run Haiku on test
hardware without graphical support.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/16500>
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The Haiku operating system.
