On Sat 21 Dec 2013 at 12:01:52 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > > By default the screen is cleared of boot messages, There is only a login > > prompt. > > Yes. Between util-linux 2.17.2-9 and 2.20.1-4 getty has changed and > it now clears the screen. This seems like a good thing on the surface > until you find out that it destroys the boot time messages including > any errors that are on the screen at the time. To prevent this a new
The screen clearing was implemented by upstream as a response to concerns about security. Debian itself has never done it. > option --noclear has appeared. Editing the /etc/inittab to add the > --noclear option to getty will prevent the new screen clearing > behavior and allow the error messages there to be seen. > > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty --noclear 38400 tty1 This is one of the first things I do on any install ; I prefer the traditional way. > Also in Wheezy 7 the "bootlogd" is broken out into a separate package. > If you want bootlogs in /var/log as it was in Squeezy 6 then you need > to install the new package. > > apt-get install bootlogd > > The changelog for the package says: > > sysvinit-utils (2.88dsf-17) unstable; urgency=low > > bootlogd has moved from sysvinit-utils to a separate bootlogd package. If > you wish to continue using bootlogd, please install the bootlogd package. > Note that the configuration file /etc/default/bootlogd and its option > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE no longer exist; if you do not wish to run bootlogd, remove > the bootlogd package. This lucid tip encourages me to consider including it as part of my normal practice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/21122013191646.ba585acff...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk