On 24/11/11 18:27, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Morgan Read <mstuff@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: >> 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? > > It is a bug in plymouth (which provides the graphical boot animations). > You can add "rd_NO_PLYMOUTH" to your boot line (as long as you don't > have encrypted filesystems) and the serial console should work as > expected (with console=ttyS0 listed after console=tty0). > > I think it is fixed in newer plymouth, but I'm not sure. I see the bug > on RHEL 6 systems, and the fix has not been released there yet. Ah, of course I should have searched bugzilla... Is this the bug here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691374#c4 ? Many thanks, M. -- Morgan Read NEW ZEALAND <mailto:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz> Confused about DRM? Get all the info you need at: http://drm.info/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
