On Sun 08 Jan 2012 at 12:47:59 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > Mmm, I was not aware of that change. Wheezy still has "util-linux" 2.19, > and I boot directly into GNOME so I wouldn't even noticed the change :-)
Which will be the case with most users of a login manager. I read that some distributions suppress all boot messages so as not to frighten the children. > But now you say, I will find that new feature very useful for my servers, > I always have to manually "clear" the screen for the "curious eyes" and > having the job automatically done will be great. Anyway, I hope this is a > user configurable setting... You'll have to hope those with "curious eyes" cannot speed read the scrolling display or are ignorant of CTRL+S. What specifically is it that they shouldn't see? And why? It's only configurable by root with the --noclear option to getty in /etc/inittab. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120108165307.GE13969@desktop
