[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#348506: [BOOTLOGD] Please support use of ttyB* on hppa

[Thomas Hood]

Package: initscripts
Version: 2.86.ds1-1
Severity: wishlist

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re:bootlogd status?
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:53:04 +0100
From: Joel Soete <soete.joel at tiscali.be>
To: jdthood <jdthood at yahoo.co.uk>
CC: 327865-submitter <327865-submitter at bugs.debian.org>,  rickfriedman <rickfriedman at verizon.net>, klao <klao at cs.elte.hu>,  Greek0 <Greek0 at gmx.net>, ed <ed at crazeecanuck.homelinux.net>,  tsg45800 <tsg45800 at scarlet.be>

> With sysvinit 2.86.ds1-10, does bootlogd work for you?
> If so, please report this.
> 
> If not, please report this and provide some information.

May be better subject of another br (don't hesitate to let me now)

On some hppa boxes (namely some D & K class model) the console used are 'ttyB0'
which bootlogd ignore ;-(

> * What error message(s) do you see?

so all boot messages disappear  ;-(

> * When do these error messages appear?

(when I started to boot with bootlogd enable on my d380 model ;-)

> * Do you have /var on a separate filesystem?

Yes

> * Do you have any idea why bootlogd is failing on your system(s)?
> -- 
> Thomas Hood

Sorry, I didn't reach to find better then:
#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
# Feel free to add your own comments

@DPATCH@
--- sysvinit-2.86.ds1.orig/src/bootlogd.c
+++ sysvinit-2.86.ds1/src/bootlogd.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 	char	*dev1;
 	char	*dev2;
 } consdev[] = {
+	{ "ttyB",	"/dev/ttyB%s",		NULL		},
 	{ "ttySC",	"/dev/ttySC%s",		"/dev/ttsc/%s"	},
 	{ "ttyS",	"/dev/ttyS%s",		"/dev/tts/%s"	},
 	{ "tty",	"/dev/tty%s",		"/dev/vc/%s"	},
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
  *	Devices to try as console if not found on kernel command line.
  *	Tried from left to right (as opposed to kernel cmdline).
  */
-char *defcons[] = { "tty0", "hvc0", "ttyS0", "ttySC0", NULL };
+char *defcons[] = { "tty0", "hvc0", "ttyS0", "ttySC0", "ttyB0", NULL };

 /*
  *	Catch signals.
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@
 	 *	OK, so find console= in /proc/cmdline.
 	 *	Parse in reverse, opening as we go.
 	 *
-	 *	Valid console devices: ttySC, ttyS, tty, hvc.
+	 *	Valid console devices: ttyB, ttySC, ttyS, tty, hvc.
 	 */
 	p = buf + n;
 	*p-- = 0;
====<>====

Thanks again,
    Joel