Re: Collecting information after installation
On Sat 21 Dec 2013 at 12:01:52 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> >
> > By default the screen is cleared of boot messages, There is only a login
> > prompt.
>
> Yes. Between util-linux 2.17.2-9 and 2.20.1-4 getty has changed and
> it now clears the screen. This seems like a good thing on the surface
> until you find out that it destroys the boot time messages including
> any errors that are on the screen at the time. To prevent this a new
The screen clearing was implemented by upstream as a response to
concerns about security. Debian itself has never done it.
> option --noclear has appeared. Editing the /etc/inittab to add the
> --noclear option to getty will prevent the new screen clearing
> behavior and allow the error messages there to be seen.
>
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty --noclear 38400 tty1
This is one of the first things I do on any install ; I prefer the
traditional way.
> Also in Wheezy 7 the "bootlogd" is broken out into a separate package.
> If you want bootlogs in /var/log as it was in Squeezy 6 then you need
> to install the new package.
>
> apt-get install bootlogd
>
> The changelog for the package says:
>
> sysvinit-utils (2.88dsf-17) unstable; urgency=low
>
> bootlogd has moved from sysvinit-utils to a separate bootlogd package. If
> you wish to continue using bootlogd, please install the bootlogd package.
> Note that the configuration file /etc/default/bootlogd and its option
> BOOTLOGD_ENABLE no longer exist; if you do not wish to run bootlogd, remove
> the bootlogd package.
This lucid tip encourages me to consider including it as part of my
normal practice.
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