[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#3083: incorrect console type set by getty



Ian Jackson said:
> Scott Barker writes ("Bug#3083: incorrect console type set by getty"):
> > Package: getty
> > Version: 1.0-4
> >
> > getty incorrectly sets the terminal type as con80x25 on initial login. The new
> > terminal type seems to be 'linux'
>
> This is probably due to you running a 1.2 or early 1.3 kernel.  Am I
> right ?  Does the problem go away with a moderately recent 1.3 ?

Yep, you're right. I didn't know the kernel was responsible for setting the
terminal type -- I thought it was getty.

I don't know if it will go away with a recent 1.3 -- I'm waiting for 2.xx

--
Scott Barker
Linux Consultant
scott@galileo.cuug.ab.ca
http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/   (under construction)

[ I try to reply to all e-mail within 5 days. If you don't  ]
[ get a response by then, I probably didn't get your e-mail ]
[ (we have a sometimes sporadic connection to the internet) ]

"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change
   amid order."
   - Alfred North Whitehead


Reply to: