Bug 2218658 - serial console locks display into 80x24 monochrome
Summary: serial console locks display into 80x24 monochrome
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 38
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-06-29 18:35 UTC by Chris Adams
Modified: 2024-05-28 13:16 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2024-05-28 13:16:58 UTC
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Description Chris Adams 2023-06-29 18:35:10 UTC
When I install a VM on a server, setting the VM for a serial console, something is locking the resulting display into 80x24 monochrome for tmux. While I do have an old VT102 terminal, it's in storage - even when I install a physical system with a serial console, it's going to something much more modern. Can we drop this legacy limitation so I can see more of what's going on? It's also annoying in that disconnecting from the VM leaves my xterm locked to 80x24 until I reset/restart it.

I poked around the anaconda source but couldn't find how this happens. I tried adding TERM=xterm to the kernel command line, but I think systemd didn't pass it beyond PID 1.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Aoife Moloney 2024-05-28 13:16:58 UTC
Fedora Linux 38 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2024-05-21.

Fedora Linux 38 is no longer maintained, which means that it
will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we
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