alex lupu wrote: > Maybe I wasn't clear. My issue (if any) is with those nonsensical > "orphan stars". > Even if culprits like USB input devices (mice, keeboards) didn't exist > udevd output would still kill many a nicely designed B/LFS star message. > As an aside, I assume a lot of effort went into purposely creating them > looking so nice, clean, clear and pleasant to the eye (at least on paper). > > When dealing with the former culprits (USB input), I employ two simple > and efficient methods (which have nothing to do with adjusting loglevels :)
> 1. When in an ugly mood, I shut off the monitor until I hear the full-up beep > (based on - what you don't know can't hurt you). > 2. When lonely (most of the time), I put a "read" command in one of the last > running scripts (on boot-up or shut-down) and watch enraptured the messages > from the USB mouse and keyboard come up and scroll by every minute or so. > After an hour or so I'm fully spaced out and fall to sleep. LOL. If you want to keep busy, have you ever tried setting IPROMPT=yes in /etc/sysconfig/rc.site? :) Also try setting (also in rc.site): BMPREFIX= SUCCESS_PREFIX= FAILURE_PREFIX= WARNING_PREFIX= It won't change the [OK] at the end, but you won't get any stars. > For the other messages (either avoidable or interesting) I made those changes > described in the OP, which can make an B/LFS message (info or otherwise) > come up as > * Hiya, this is your friendly so-and-so program coming up... [OK] > > and not > Hiya, this is your friendly so-and-so program coming up... > < ten screens of garbage later: > > * [OK] > > Anyway, the post was just intended as a personal thought on this last > paragraph > (in a kinda pre-Kentucky Derby mood) which might also help, in the process, > some other amateurs of a nice boot-up screen. > > A couple of notes: > I suppose this is why 'inittab' has a "--noclear" for the boot-up console > nowadays (to preserve the full boot-up log on the screen for people > interested in the beauty and meaning of the messages just passed by). Yes, --noclear is what the default used to be but it was changed in util-linux. We just made the behavior the same. Of course you can remove it. > I think not all users are aware of '/var/log/boot.log' which contains just > the _cleaned-up_ B/LFS messages as moved from the '/run/var/bootlog' > at the end of boot. Again, a quick, clean analysis of the B/LFS messages > can be valuable for some. Yes a user can look either place. Makign a permanent record in /var/log/boot.log was added some time after the newer rc file was developed. I suppose I can add a little to the end of Section 7.7 about that. Thanks for the feedback. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
