On 21/11/11 03:45, Roger Heflin wrote:
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Morgan Read
<mstuff(a)read.org.nz> wrote:
> Hello Folks
>
> I'm running f14 (still)
>
> I've successfully configured my machine (hp ml150 g3) to redirect bios,
> grub menu and login prompt - but, between the grub menu and the login
> prompt I'm missing the boot messages. If I remove "quiet" from
> grub.conf's kernel line I get kernel messages reported to ttyS0, but
> leaving "quiet" in boot messages are report to tty0 but not ttyS0.
>
> Any pointers any one has would be much appreciated?
>
> (The most up-to-date information I've found seems to be here:
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Dracut_problems#Configure_a_se...
> Anything else out there?)
>
The kernel generated messages will go to all consoles.
The messages from userspace (ie rc script) will only go to the last
console= listed, it has been that way pretty much forever I don't
believe anyone has looked into what changes would be needed in the rc
script to allow output to go to more than 1 console.
The only solution I have previously done is to adjust the rc scripts
to use tee and go to both console, but this is a major pain as you
have to redo it with each rc script upgrade, in that case we had our
own custom distribution for a 1000+ machines that was only being
updated every 9-12 months so it was possible to keep the required
changes with updates.
Hi Roger
Thanks for getting back - I followed your instructions. It seemed I
needed to swap console=ttyS0 and console=tty0 BUT opposite from what you
suggested. That is, console=ttyS0 was last and by swapping it with
console=tty0 and making console=ttyS0 listed first I had rc script
(userspace) messages reported to ttyS0... Strange?
Stranger still, when I did the above, I stopped getting a login prompt
on ttyS0. So, swapping as I said above (opposite to your suggestion)
gave me rc script messages to ttyS0 and no login...
Do you have any ideas how to get the login prompt back?
Regards,
Morgan.
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