On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 05:07:23PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > I found a few issues, some of which I could solve by modifying the > configuration. The experimental package seems to have been using a default > configuration for the udeb as debian/config/config.udeb (and config.deb) is > empty... Hu? Neither config.deb nor config.udeb are empty in the repo nor the source package. > 1) busybox opens tty5 to log init commands > This can be prevented by setting CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SYSLOG=y. Hmm. > 2) the save-logs web server no longer works > Two issues here: > - netcat needs to be configured with additional options enabled: > CONFIG_NC_SERVER=y > CONFIG_NC_EXTRA=y Okay. > 3) the installer thinks it is running on serial console instead of a virtual > terminal > This seems to be the most serious/structural issue. The problem is in > /lib/d-i/detect-console (called by /lib/d-i-startup/S35term). This does a > 'readlink /proc/self/fd/0) which used to return /dev/tty1, but now returns > /dev/console, which makes detect-console conclude we are on serial console. The other possibility is to remove this code and use own console selection for the installer. > I did not find any config option to solve this (which does not mean it does > not exist. FEATURE_INIT_SCTTY? > Some highlights from the diff between the configs for the udeb: > New options. Do we want to save some space by disabling this? > +CONFIG_SHOW_USAGE=y > +CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE=y Needs testing. Bastian -- Another dream that failed. There's nothing sadder. -- Kirk, "This side of Paradise", stardate 3417.3
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