On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 04:24:34PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 23 October 2006 22:19, Sven Luther wrote: > > This patch is currently untested, but i don't want to lose it again, so > > i submit it. I expect to test it nextly, but i can only do so for hvc > > as i have no longer access to a non-virtualized pserver, and can only > > do so within the constraints of my free time. > > The patch had an error in the sed on /etc/inittab. Please test the > attached patch, which also avoids the code duplication.
Ok, cool, will do this this WE, since i have no access to the box. > Index: finish-install.d/90console > =================================================================== > --- finish-install.d/90console (revision 42772) > +++ finish-install.d/90console (working copy) > @@ -16,16 +16,18 @@ > console=${console#/dev/} > > case "$console" in > -ttyS*) > +ttyS*|hvc*|hvsi*) BTW, the new genesi efika board will use /dev/ttyPSC*, and i guess there are a bunch of other serial ports out there. Would it not be better to use the variable in rootskel to detect that the terminal is a serial terminal, namely those who delcare themselves to be : TERM_TYPE=serial in rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer/detect-console-linux The code there is : /dev/console|/dev/tts/*|/dev/tty[A-Z]*|/dev/hvc*|/dev/hvsi*) Furthermore, i have personally found out that it is interesting to enable a serial console in /etc/inittab even in non-serial installs, Maybe a debconf question of low priority would allow this to be preseeded or set in expert installs ? Maybe too late for etch now, but still something to keep in mind. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]