Bug 140466 – Garbage characters printed early on in init start-up and initscripts

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Bug 140466 - Garbage characters printed early on in init start-up and initscripts

Summary:	Garbage characters printed early on in init start-up and initscripts

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	initscripts (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.0
Hardware:	ia64 Linux

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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
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Reported:	2004-11-22 17:55 EST by Glen A. Foster
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:50 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2008-12-08 16:45:04 EST
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Description Glen A. Foster 2004-11-22 17:55:00 EST

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

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-09-21 16:27:12 EDT

Does this still happen on the actual release?

Comment 2 Glen A. Foster 2005-09-21 18:09:22 EDT

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).

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-09-22 00:26:28 EDT

What lines does it appear on, and what's your /etc/sysconfig/i18n?

Comment 4 Rick Hester 2005-09-22 10:38:54 EDT

I will see if I can reproduce this on the current images -
Release Candidate - RHEL4 Update 2

Comment 5 Glen A. Foster 2006-10-11 12:30:03 EDT

/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. :(

Comment 6 Bill Nottingham 2008-12-08 16:45:04 EST

Closing this as WORKSFORME.

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