Why does textcons fail with error "Monitor is in graphics mode or an unsupported text mode" ?

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Issue

  • In the iLO prompt of System, while one invokes textcons, it fails with error.
"Monitor is in graphics mode or an unsupported text mode." 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7

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