Hi,
On 2023-05-31 05:46, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> I'd rather see a patch like
>
> if [ "$TERM" = vt102 -a `tty` = /dev/tty1 ] ; then
> # Busybox's init uses a global TERM across all consoles.
> # If the serial console is the default such as on arm64, that
> # will force vt102 on the Linux VT. Fix this back so we get
> # colors, utf-8, etc.
> TERM=linux
> fi
>
> (to be tested etc.)
The following patch works. I've built a netboot image with patched rootskel,
see attached screenshots for before and after the cure.
diff -Nur rootskel-1.135/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux
/home/ema/debian/rootskel-1.135+nmu1/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux
--- rootskel-1.135/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux 2011-01-20
01:05:16.000000000 +0100
+++
/home/ema/debian/rootskel-1.135+nmu1/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux
2023-06-01 15:05:32.514361854 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
export LANG=C
+if [ "$TERM" = vt102 -a `tty` = /dev/tty1 ] ; then
+ # Busybox's init uses a global TERM across all consoles.
+ # If the serial console is the default such as on arm64, that
+ # will force vt102 on the Linux VT. Fix this back so we get
+ # colors, utf-8, etc.
+ TERM=linux
+fi
+
if [ "$TERM" = linux ] ; then
if [ "$TERM_TYPE" = virtual ]; then
echo -ne "\033[9;0]" # Turn off console blanking.
