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Bug 47518

Summary:	mingetty should not clear first console
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <chris>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1	CC:	rvokal
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Description Need Real Name 2001-07-05 20:54:35 UTC

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Description of problem:
the mingetty launched on tty1 by /etc/inittab should be started with the
--noclear option. One will not be able to see FAILED init-scripts if the
console is cleared.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Just boot your newly installed System.
	

Actual Results:  The console is cleared, the results of the initscripts can
no longer be seen.

Expected Results:  One should be able to see the results of the initscripts.

Additional info:



Just change one line in /etc/inittab to read:

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-07-06 02:30:49 UTC

You're free to change inittab yourself;
it's %config(noreplace), so it won't be changed on updates.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1144 ***