Bug#400114: enable a serial console in /etc/inittab even in non-serial installs

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Package: rootskel
Severity: wishlist

Op 23-11-2006 om 18:44 schreef Sven Luther:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:32:53PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> > Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> > 
> > > Furthermore, i have personally found out that it is interesting to enable
> > > a serial console in /etc/inittab even in non-serial installs, Maybe a debconf
> > > question of low priority would allow this to be preseeded or set in expert
> > > installs ? Maybe too late for etch now, but still something to keep in mind.
> > 
> > Interesting. That would help indeed.
> > 
> > But maybe instead of enabling it by default or using a debconf
> > question would be eaiser to use a command line param to enable
> > it. What do you think?
> 
> The best would be a defaulting to no debconf question, maybe even a n
> invisible one, so you can preseed it.

Rewording the previous paragraph:

A debconf question that is not show on normal installs,
but will be visible at expert a.k.a. detailed install.
Being a debconf question allows preseeding.

Hey, that is like first paragraph.


Anyway: enabling serial console is good thing.



Cheers
Geert Stappers