Re: fsck progress not shown on boot with systemd as pid 1
On 8/3/14, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 02 Aug 2014 at 12:24:46 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Brian wrote:
>> > With sysvinit the default at booting is for the screen messages to fly
>> > past at a bewildering speed and then for the screen to be cleared by
>> > agetty. Nobody particularily complains about this behaviour. Unless
>> > you have an excellent visual memory you are in the dark as regards what
>> > happened.
>>
>> Just for the record I complain about that behavior. I don't like the
>> fancy tty colors and always disable them. I don't like the screen
>> clearing those away and so I always set the getty --noclear option.
>> The problem is that while there may be complaints like mine I don't
>> see them changing anything.
>
> Upstream for agetty responded to concerns about security from users,
> some of whom apparently had the compliance police breathing down their
> necks. My view on such idiocy is probably not for this list.
Oh go on! Don't be a pussy.
'Probably' is not 'definitely', so give yourself a little
leeway already and entertain us with your vehemence,
incredulosity, etc :)
I know I'll enjoy it. You know others will too.
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