On 8/3/14, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat 02 Aug 2014 at 12:24:46 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Brian wrote: >> > With sysvinit the default at booting is for the screen messages to fly >> > past at a bewildering speed and then for the screen to be cleared by >> > agetty. Nobody particularily complains about this behaviour. Unless >> > you have an excellent visual memory you are in the dark as regards what >> > happened. >> >> Just for the record I complain about that behavior. I don't like the >> fancy tty colors and always disable them. I don't like the screen >> clearing those away and so I always set the getty --noclear option. >> The problem is that while there may be complaints like mine I don't >> see them changing anything. > > Upstream for agetty responded to concerns about security from users, > some of whom apparently had the compliance police breathing down their > necks. My view on such idiocy is probably not for this list.
Oh go on! Don't be a pussy. 'Probably' is not 'definitely', so give yourself a little leeway already and entertain us with your vehemence, incredulosity, etc :) I know I'll enjoy it. You know others will too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caosgnssxgxewyfceoxbjkk6cdaxdc-erj72d3cdnx1vmqs8...@mail.gmail.com
