Bug#857132: console-setup: additional info needed ?
On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 08:42:43PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
>> I have done some more experimentation and it shows fairly
>> strange results.
>
> Thanks a lot! :)
That is what I can contribute.
> > Sometimes cached_setup_font.sh does not seem to get run AT
> > ALL -- the log file simply does not exist after a clean boot.
>
> Maybe this happened because cached_setup_font.sh was run while / was
> still read-only?
Possibly. Suspecting that is why I chose / in the hope it'll
get mounted rw real early :-)
> > However, as witnessed by this log snippet from the most
> > recent boot, it does not ALWAYS run in parallel:
>
> Let us clear one point: no matter whether it runs in parallel or not --
> the console is never configured properly? Or sometimes it is?
It is NEVER configured properly anymore.
It used to always work until fairly recently (shortly before
I filed the bug) but now _never_ does, regardless of whether
I can find a log under /.
One thing I *haven't* tested yet is whether earlier kernel
would make a difference -- not that I would think but who
knows.
Karsten
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