From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IH2RM-0007s7-Fn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:04:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l73J323u016973; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:03:02 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (c-24-6-168-204.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.6.168.204]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l73J305A016941 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:03:01 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF60248191 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:50:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xn5EuWxrQWH3 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:49:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.100.35] (dsl211-165-131.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [74.211.165.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 585C4248079 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:49:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] changing inittab From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <46B2706B.3000400@gentoo.org> References: <20070731211354.GC30859@ifa.hawaii.edu> <46B05FF0.1010603@sapo.pt> <46B091FB.9020604@facts-inc.com> <1185987516.8497.7.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> <20070801215524.GF18333@ifa.hawaii.edu> <1186014363.8497.14.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> <20070802230515.GA6483@ifa.hawaii.edu> <46B2706B.3000400@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-nHo+OWTcn2PxRZvD5dix" Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:01:23 -0700 Message-Id: <1186167683.8470.19.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-catalyst@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 X-Archives-Salt: f925036d-575f-42b4-8e00-1e7f9f98ac16 X-Archives-Hash: 02350e8497235e2406620e7d1aab0205 --=-nHo+OWTcn2PxRZvD5dix Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 19:01 -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Joshua Hoblitt wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 05:26:03PM -0700, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > >> Normally, yes, it would only be good for kernel output, but as someone > >> else mentioned, you have livecd-functions.sh that re-writes the initta= b. > >> Well, guess what triggers it? That's right, a "console=3D" option on = the > >> command line. If you type (or via catalyst, add) console=3Dsomething, > >> livecd-functions.sh (via functions.sh in baselayout) will interpret it > >> and modify inittab accordingly before we ever even hit runlevel 3, so = it > >> starts a console on that serial line for login. > >=20 > > So I tried setting 'livecd/bootargs: console=3DttyS0,115200' in > > installcd-stage2-minimal.spec and indeed it does setup a tty on the > > serial line. However, it doesn't actually seem to pass "bootargs" to > > the kernel or there is some other wierdness going on as the dmesg > > information AND all of the sysvinit output remains only on the vga > > console. The last output on the fbconsole is some wierd error message > > about bootsplash right before attaching a tty to the serial line. This > > is an improvement for me but I would really like to see the kernel > > output/etc. so I can see if the boot processes has hung. >=20 > You're positive that it's not being passed to the kernel? I'm pretty sure= that=20 > livecd-tools would read it from /proc/cmdline, which is the arguments pas= sed to=20 > the kernel. If it shows up in /proc/cmdline, then it's the kernel that is= n't=20 > honoring it, not catalyst/genkernel/isolinux that is doing something wron= g. I think it is an ordering issue, rather than it not being passed. I just checked the code and the splash code appends to the very end of the kernel command line, meaning it takes precedence. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation --=-nHo+OWTcn2PxRZvD5dix Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGs3uDkT4lNIS36YERAhgNAKCNWv/9DEHfliPR6hqcQdlZbSS7gACfTlp1 lOtqG95FhF5vnk8xQvQBUFE= =4JUW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-nHo+OWTcn2PxRZvD5dix-- -- gentoo-catalyst@gentoo.org mailing list