Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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
I think it can be an interesting option to investigate. How deeply would be the patch to do that? > 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. Interesting. That would help indeed. But maybe instead of enabling it by default or using a debconf question would be eaiser to use a command line param to enable it. What do you think? -- O T A V I O S A L V A D O R --------------------------------------------- E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 Home Page: http://otavio.ossystems.com.br --------------------------------------------- "Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives you the whole house." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]