From: "Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>
To: "Gabor Z. Papp" <gzp@papp.hu>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [util-linux] agetty 2.20 --noclear
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:43:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110902104318.GA28133@boole.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x662lbqvn1@gzp>
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 08:57:22AM +0200, Gabor Z. Papp wrote:
> lo lo,
>
> util-linux's agetty never cleared the terminal before 2.20.
>
> I don't think its good idea to set clear screen to default, since
> after upgrading from <2.20 versions, everywhere have to modify the
> inittab with the --no-clear option.
Hmmm .. I've backported this from our mingetty due to several
bug reports from data protection officers of our customers.
> Also this Num/Caps/Scroll Lock on/off printf hint in the code looks
> quite funny... Can't be set this optional and not printed by default?
That was backported due several bug reports from our own supporters
as it seems to be a problem for many newbies. Btw: AFAIK also kdm/gdm
do such reports, don't they?
Werner
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-02 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-02 6:57 agetty 2.20 --noclear Gabor Z. Papp
2011-09-02 10:43 ` Dr. Werner Fink [this message]
2011-09-02 13:15 ` [util-linux] " Karel Zak
2011-09-02 13:45 ` Voelker, Bernhard
2011-09-02 18:19 ` Gabor Z. Papp
2011-09-12 12:25 ` Karel Zak
2011-09-02 18:18 ` Gabor Z. Papp
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