Comment 1 for bug 211402

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: Cannot interact with sysv-rc (e.g. fsck)

<mdz> I also noticed I was unable to ^C fsck; I'm pretty sure that used to work ages ago
<mdz> Keybuk: did that change with upstart?
<Keybuk> mdz: yes
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<Keybuk> mdz: there is an unexplained difference in behaviour between Upstart and sysvinit when it comes to the ownership of /dev/consoe
<Keybuk> unexplained in that the code is identical, but produces different behaviour
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<Keybuk> mdz: if Upstart gives sys-rc "ownership" of the console, then X will crash
<Keybuk> so "telinit 3" while running X becomes disasterous