Bug 57147 - /etc/issue no longer reports kernel/hardware info
Summary: /etc/issue no longer reports kernel/hardware info
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: redhat-release
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Elliot Lee
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-12-05 21:11 UTC by Tim Clarke
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-12-05 21:53:00 UTC
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Description Tim Clarke 2001-12-05 21:11:51 UTC
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Description of problem:
I have installed RedHat 7.1 on two systems. 

1 install was from CD on a Xeon and the other was a network kickstart on a
Pentium III. After installation both systems had incorrect /etc/issue and
/etc/issue.net files.

/etc/issue contained 3 lines (last line 0 length):-
Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)
Kernel \r on an \m

/etc/issue.net contained 2 lines:-
Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)
Kernel \r on an \m

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RedHat 7.2
2.
3.
	

Expected Results:  On Redhat 7.1 Pentium III systems at this site
/etc/issue contains (2 zero-length lines):-

Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf)
Kernel 2.4.2-2 on an i686

/etc/issue.net contains (1 zero length line at start of file):-

Red Hat Linux release 7.1 (Seawolf)
Kernel 2.4.2-2 on an i686

Additional info:

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2001-12-05 21:18:24 UTC
These are correct. If you're not seeing the system info when you login, you need
to update your util-linux and/or telnet-server packages. You did do a full
update to 7.2, right?

Comment 2 Tim Clarke 2001-12-05 21:41:12 UTC
This was a full install with (in the case of the kickstart install) clearpart
--linux

The following packages were installed:-
util-linux-2.11f-9
telnet-server-0.17-20


Regards....Tim

Comment 3 Elliot Lee 2001-12-05 21:44:41 UTC
And you're still seeing the literal \r and \m at login time?


Comment 4 Tim Clarke 2001-12-05 21:52:54 UTC
I don't see anything wrong at login time. The only problem I see is when I cat
the /etc/issue file.

With Redhat7.1 and earlier I used the contents of this file to pop up a message
during the install. It is not critical, just unexpected.

How is the substitution performed at login time?

Regards....Tim

Comment 5 Elliot Lee 2001-12-05 21:57:37 UTC
getty, telnetd perform the substitution.

Comment 6 Tim Clarke 2001-12-05 22:01:26 UTC
I figured out the substitution (mingetty). I guess I can substitute uname calls
in my script. Does /etc/issue still report the number of processors? I haven't
had time to try installing SMP yet.

Regards...Tim


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