> The position of OK is calculated in the /lib/services/init-functions > script. See lines 60-80. If you always want the OK in the same > column position, set COL to a constant. WCOL is no longer used.
Same as what I do. > > You can get there also be setting COLUMNS in /etc/sysconfig/rc.site. Don't use it. Just another level of indirection. Violates my KISS principle! Change the variables in the boot scripts where they're used and you can see how they're used. > > I've noticed login clears the screen in the last couple versions. > > That would be agetty, not login. Take a look at /etc/inittab" > > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty --noclear tty1 9600 Oooh, thanks for that! Didn't know it was optional--not annoyed enough to go hunting for it. I'm going to put it on tty1. I want to see the last of the boot messages! > If you can spare the time to investigate that, I think you are lucky Not so much. Having come from a mainframe and special purpose (DOD) programming environment, when I got to 45 I was deemed to be an old dinosaur that knew nothing worth hiring. Built an IMSAI in '76? "What's that?" Tested Win95 for Intel's in-house use? "Still too old for our health insurance rates." So out of touch I couldn't build my own systems from a LFS CD in 2004. Problem was HR departments used keyword matching software, and having had an IBM PC on their desk for a couple years thought they were experts--so expert they had no clue what was on MY resume! [/soapbox] > you don't have more urgent interests to pursue ;-) Me, I already Oh yeah, got those too. Still need to finish pruning my apples. > But don't let me put you off: your system, your bootscripts, your > learning experience if you take it. And that's why I love LFS!!! -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - The way an email service should be -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
