Hi,
BPI-R1 is mainly used as a router then just occasionaly as a workstation. It means it is not always connected with a HDMI display and keyboard but only by LAN network connections.
For this reason it is really more useful to be able to access the installed new image by SSH and/or HTTP connections.
By example I bought a BPI-R1 and I am happy with this product. As the given operating system image is OpenWRT I can access it with SSH and HTTP but for others proposed Debian+docker+openwrt and/or Snappy+docker+openwrt and perhaps others images it could be needed to give us a way to access BPI-R1 whatever the used image with SSH and/or HTTP. It also means that it could be better to boot the images in a text console. That could allow us to connect to it by SSH and/or HTTP and allow who need to start the graphic let him write startx to access the graphic mode.
Let me explain by giving a sample of why it could be needed.
The Gladys project is a really interesting home automation program that need node.js on the used system.
Cozy, a personal cloud system, also need node.js that could be used on raspbian image
Having a BPI-R1 system accescible by SSH and/or HTTP could allow us to use text mode to run node.js and then install those both Cozy and Gladys project.
Thank you to consider this need :
- start each image as text mode to allow everyone to access BPI-R1 by SSH command line and/or HTTP
- then only when needed the user could access the graphic mode by writing “startx” command
By using this everyone could be use the system as he need it (as a router/server only or as a workstation).
Thank you to consider this need.
Happy new year.
Miguipda 