Comment 144 for bug 554172
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| Michael Goetze (mgoetze) wrote Re: [Bug 554172] Re: CUPS and other system services not starting at boot | #144 |
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On 07/01/2010 10:18 AM, Wout wrote:
> So /dev/console exists but isn't immediately "ready for work". It appears it
> becomes fully functional later (otherwise it would not be possible to start
> the failing services manually).
> Can we figure out at what point /dev/console becomes functional?
>
> In the meantime two workarounds seem doable, both assuming /dev/console
> doesn't depend on anything started during boot:
> 1. A boot script that doesn't complete until /dev/console works, make
> rc/rc-sysinit boot sequence depend on it.
> 2. A patch in upstart that waits until /dev/console works.
>
> Any thoughts?
I think if Scott's analysis is correct then the correct solution would
be to have the kernel buffer anything received on /dev/console until
it's ready to display it.
Anyone for reassigning this bug to the kernel?
Regards,
Michael