Hi everyone, Thanks for tracking down why the strange vt102 thing happens, and why it mostly happens/was mostly reported on arm64 hardware… The patch below (or further variations should there be any) looks mergeable to me. Emanuele Rocca <ema@debian.org> (2023-06-01): > On 2023-05-31 05:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > I'd rather see a patch like > > > > if [ "$TERM" = vt102 -a `tty` = /dev/tty1 ] ; then > > # Busybox's init uses a global TERM across all consoles. > > # If the serial console is the default such as on arm64, that > > # will force vt102 on the Linux VT. Fix this back so we get > > # colors, utf-8, etc. > > TERM=linux > > fi > > > > (to be tested etc.) > > The following patch works. I've built a netboot image with patched > rootskel, see attached screenshots for before and after the cure. > > diff -Nur rootskel-1.135/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux /home/ema/debian/rootskel-1.135+nmu1/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux > --- rootskel-1.135/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux 2011-01-20 01:05:16.000000000 +0100 > +++ /home/ema/debian/rootskel-1.135+nmu1/src/lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux 2023-06-01 15:05:32.514361854 +0200 > @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ > export LANG=C > > +if [ "$TERM" = vt102 -a `tty` = /dev/tty1 ] ; then > + # Busybox's init uses a global TERM across all consoles. > + # If the serial console is the default such as on arm64, that > + # will force vt102 on the Linux VT. Fix this back so we get Indentation looks sketchy :) > + # colors, utf-8, etc. > + TERM=linux > +fi > + Do we have other ttys than just tty1 that people might want to switch to, and that might benefit from a similar adjustment? In any case, I'd assume people can just use screen's windows to get more consoles, so it might not matter… Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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