Re: [vga16fb] `dbootstrap' starts b&w until vt change.
I really object to this being the default!
I like leaving the penguin (penguins) on the screen, myself. Thus I
would prefer that dbootstrap, and not sysvinit, do this.
On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 05:09:19PM -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu> writes:
>
> Ben> karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes:
>
> >> I fixed it by having `busybox' (which acts as `init' via a hard link)
> >> do a vt switch as you suggest, when it finds out whether it's running
> >> on a machine with a standard Linux console or a serial console. If
> >> it's not a serial console, it does the vt switch.
> >>
> >> Where would be the best place in our standard boot sequence to do the
> >> similar? Should there be an rcS.d script, or should `init' be
> >> patched? I tend to think that an rcS.d script would be simplest and
> >> best, because `init' can be restarted without rebooting the machine.
>
> Ben> I see no reason to not simply make this a rcS.d script.
>
> I've reported a Bug against `sysvinit', with a script that calls
> `chvt' attached to it.
Dan
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