Re: DO NOT UPGRADE UNSTABLE: Terminal text stops functioning

[Adam Warner <lists@consulting.net.nz>]

Hi Geordie Birch,

>> > The bug is most likely caused by initscripts, sysvinit or sysv-rc. If
>> > you have upgraded you may wish to downgrade/wait for a fix before
>> > rebooting, especially if your computer doesn't automatically boot into
>> > X.
>> 
>> I have confirmed that downgrading to initscripts_2.85-4.1_all.deb 
>> sysv-rc_2.85-4.1_all.deb and sysvinit_2.85-4.1_i386.deb will resolve the
>> lack of terminal output.
>> 
>> I am submitting a bug report for the initscripts package, soon to appear
>> here: <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=initscripts>
> 
> FWIW, I have version 2.85-5 of initscripts, sysvinit, and sysv-rc 
> installed and am not having any problems re. terminal output.

FWIW this has also happened on a third system. I am running out of
additional computers to break.

Regards,
Adam