Workaround for slow logouts on ttyN

[Rudolf Lohner <Rudolf.Lohner@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

Hi,

it has been mentioned on this list beginning of this year:

Logging out of one of the text consoles can take a long time
(see bug #226443 in package util-linux). This bug seems not
yet been fixed (I still have this delay with getty).

Meanwhile I have a trivial way to work around this bug by
using mingetty instead of getty on those consoles where
serial support is not needed:  'apt-get mingetty'

Then change the corresponding lines in /etc/inittab :

Replace
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
...

by
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
...

(Option --noclear prevents mingetty from clearing the
screen after logout).

Finally, tell the init-process to reread /etc/inittab
with: 'telinit q'

Now the login prompt appears instantly after a logout.


Bye, Rudolf

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