[ale] tty1 vs tty2,3,4,etc

[Jim Kinney]

secondary "got it". Newest version of upstart disconnects console from tty1
once init begin running rcX parts. So problem fixed properly.

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> got it! append console=tty1 console-ttyS0,9600n8 to kernel line in grub.
> Only the last console listed will accept input. So now a alt-sysrq-k will
> not get passed to the console and try and kill init!
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 16:02 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > Which in in effect a total wash as it kills EVERYTHING but init.
>> >
>> > Need to start console on tty1 AND ttyS0 and after boot is complete,
>> > kill off the console on tty1
>>
>> Would init not restart getty?
>>
>
> Yet. init will restart the getty. That's desired. But having the
> /dev/console on the same device will try and do a kill -9 on init which will
> panic.
>
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James P. Kinney III
Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits

 Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by
faith, then you are conceding that it can’t be taken on its own merits.
   Dan Barker, "Losing Faith in Faith", 1992
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