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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-March/012826.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-March/012826.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b29c9fb77 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-March/012826.html @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] agetty vs. mingetty + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20agetty%20vs.%20mingetty&In-Reply-To=%3C4F58BF7D.5020104%40colin.guthr.ie%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="012822.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="012828.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] agetty vs. mingetty</H1> + <B>Colin Guthrie</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20agetty%20vs.%20mingetty&In-Reply-To=%3C4F58BF7D.5020104%40colin.guthr.ie%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] agetty vs. mingetty">mageia at colin.guthr.ie + </A><BR> + <I>Thu Mar 8 15:17:33 CET 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="012822.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] Nonresponsive or absent package maintainers & policy discussion +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012828.html">[Mageia-dev] agetty vs. mingetty +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12826">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12826">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12826">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12826">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Hi, + +Since switching to systemd, the mingetty we used to default to in +inittab has been replaced by agetty (the default choice upstream). + +The question is should we switch it back to mingetty? + +An argument against mingetty is that the current support in systemd will +automatically work over serial consoles. With embedded systems and such +more common these days, this might actually be a common situation (for +very small values of "common" of course!). + +><i>From the man page of mingetty: +</I> +mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles. Unlike +agetty(8), mingetty is not suitable for serial lines. I recommend +using mgetty(8) for this purpose. + + +So if we switch to mingetty in <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">getty at .service</A> we'll be sacrificing +serial console support. + +Have people got strong opinions on this? Can anyone remember why we +ended up defaulting to mingetty in the first place? + +Col + +PS I'm aware of some "strange" behaviour on the current gettys. When on +a getty you can use the cursor keys and move the cursor around. Keys +such as backspace don't seem to work if you mistype your username or +password (I'm pretty sure this used to work, but maybe I'm +misremembering?). This is slightly improved with mingetty - in that the +cursor keys don't move the text entry area, but they do print +non-printable characters that still can't be deleted. I'll try and make +this nicer, but it's probably not the highest priority problem on my list :p + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="012822.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] Nonresponsive or absent package maintainers & policy discussion +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012828.html">[Mageia-dev] agetty vs. mingetty +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12826">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12826">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12826">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12826">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |