Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 140466
Garbage characters printed early on in init start-up and initscripts
Last modified: 2014-03-16 22:50:43 EDT
Description of problem: Please forward on to the right component if this isn't the correct one - I'm choosing "initscripts" initially but it may be a problem elsewhere. I *just* noticed this during a boot-up of beta-2 on a zx6000 (aka, Longs Peak workstation). My English text is replaced with foreign (I'll guess cyrillic but I'm not sure) characters on a few lines and it's a little ugly. I tried cut-and-paste but apparently the mouse isn't initialized yet, and it's perhaps a nit so I'm just reporting it. It happens early on in the init start-up sequence. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL4 beta 2 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Everything install of RHEL4 beta 2 on a zx6000 workstation 2. boot up with regular graphical start-up (including firstboot) 3. Watch the monitor for 1-2 minutes following init(1) start-up
Does this still happen on the actual release?
Last I booted RHEL4, yes. If/when you try to reproduce it, use a workstation (zx6000) _or_ make sure you're using the VGA on the server (without a console=ttyS0 install).
What lines does it appear on, and what's your /etc/sysconfig/i18n?
I will see if I can reproduce this on the current images - Release Candidate - RHEL4 Update 2
/me sees he hasn't replied in over a year and blushes. Let me see if I can reproduce it and answer your question, Bill. I'm sorry. :(
Closing this as WORKSFORME.