[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#403369: initscripts: boot messages not displayed on serial console with bootlogd enabled

[Paul Slootman]

Package: initscripts
Version: 2.86.ds1-14.1
Severity: normal

While configuring a Sun Netra T1 (which only has a serial console, no
graphics at all), I noticed that the boot messages from init scripts
stopped displaying when I enabled bootlogd. I get this (serial consoles
_are_ handy :-) :

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[   23.190733] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[   23.268793] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
INIT: version 2.86 booting
Starting boot logger: bootlogd[   24.866020] Adding 2931760k swap on /dev/md4.  Priority:-1 extentsk
[   25.195209] EXT3 FS on md2, internal journal
[   26.576641] sunhme.c:v3.00 June 23, 2006 David S. Miller (davem at davemloft.net)
[   26.673120] eth0: HAPPY MEAL (PCI/CheerIO) 10/100BaseT Ethernet 08:00:20:d9:fc:62
[   26.774119] eth1: HAPPY MEAL (PCI/CheerIO) 10/100BaseT Ethernet 08:00:20:d9:fc:62
[   26.990522] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.10.0-ioctl (2006-09-14) initialised: dm-devel at redhat.com
[   27.954105] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[   28.045472] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
[   28.102708] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[   28.194628] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[   28.309809] EXT3 FS on md5, internal journal
[   28.365897] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
[   28.466556] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[   28.636623] EXT3 FS on md6, internal journal
[   28.692736] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
[   33.323224] eth0: Link is up using external transceiver at 100Mb/s, Full Duplex.
[   36.298759] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[   36.357539] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
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Moving boot log file...done.

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 sparky ttyS0

sparky login:
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Thanks,
Paul Slootman