Add "console=tty6" to default grub kernel command line

Bug #440871 reported by Robbie Williamson
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lsb (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Karmic
Fix Released
Undecided
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usplash (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Colin Watson
Karmic
Fix Released
Wishlist
Colin Watson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub-installer

To suppress console messages at boot, we can redirect them to tty6. This would be used only on machines installed via graphics monitor, i.e. serial console installations would not add this to the grub command line. i should note that this is a workaround, in case it cannot be easily done via upstart.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
assignee: nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
tags: added: ubuntu-boot-experience
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

I've figured out a cleaner way to do this in usplash and lsb.

affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu Karmic) → usplash (Ubuntu Karmic)
Changed in usplash (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lsb - 4.0-0ubuntu5

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lsb (4.0-0ubuntu5) karmic; urgency=low

  * lsb-base-logging-ubuntu.sh: Honour CONSOLE environment variable and use
    it for output instead of /dev/console if it's set (LP: #440871).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:53:53 +0100

Changed in lsb (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: New → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package usplash - 0.5.41

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usplash (0.5.41) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Add new options --background and --pidfile, to stop usplash startup
    being racy and to save a second on system shutdown. The pid file is now
    only written after usplash has opened its FIFO and set up the console.
  * Always enable usplash for 9.10 to hide boot messages, since we aren't
    yet ready to make it show up only on relatively slow boots (usplash
    tends to slow down boot on SSD-based systems). We'll revisit this for
    10.04 (LP: #444362).
  * Switch console on normal exit from usplash (i.e. the QUIT command or
    SIGTERM/SIGINT) rather than doing it after usplash exits.
  * On shutdown, wait for X to get the console out of graphics mode before
    starting our own setup.
  * Convert splash-functions to rely on usplash's Upstart job, and avoid
    killing usplash on system shutdown.
  * Redirect init script messages to tty8 if usplash was started during the
    current boot, regardless of the current virtual console (LP: #440871).

  [ Scott James Remnant ]
  * Replace --ignore-sigterm option with proper SIGTERM handling (and SIGINT)
    that causes the main loop to exit just as if it had timed out.
  * Move the shell logic that reads the framebuffer size into the C code to
    save on shell parsing overhead, and avoid the defeating of Upstart
    daemon tracking.
  * Have usplash read the kernel command-line itself and imply -v if
    "quiet" is not present.
  * Merge the usplash and usplash-down Upstart jobs, this neatly means
    that they don't have to check for each other with pidof, and you can
    use "start usplash" and "stop usplash" when you really mean just that.
  * usplash should not be a task (we want "start usplash" to return once
    usplash is running).
  * Fix the standard input flushing function to avoid an infinite loop.

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:34:31 +0100

Changed in usplash (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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