On 07/07/2014 11:07 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> For SL6 we include the following 'tweak' rpms:
>
> SL_desktop_tweaks
> SL_enable_serialconsole-1152
> SL_enable_serialconsole-192
> SL_enable_serialconsole-384
> SL_enable_serialconsole
> SL_enable_serialconsole-96
> SL_no_colorls
> SL_password_for_singleuser
>
>
> The 'SL_desktop_tweaks' added a terminal to the menu bar, in SL7 this is
> already done by upstream.
>
> The 'SL_password_for_singleuser' required the root password for single
> user mode, in SL7 this is already done by upstream.
>
> This leaves 'SL_enable_serialconsole' and 'SL_no_colorls'.
>
>
> With SL7 the terminal seems to be very good a detecting support for the
> ASCII controls which set the colors.  Is this still something the
> community wants?

I would say so.  It detects the ascii controls, but it doesn't detect
the background color of the screen and pick appropriately (or does it
now?)  I keep an old-school-looking amber-on-black xterm screen, and
the default colors in SL5 and SL6 are Really Bad for that.

> With SL7 the serial consoles are very easy to setup.  Simply add:
>
> GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND='serial --speed=9600 --unit=0'
> GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="$GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT serial"
> GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT="$GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT serial"
> GRUB_TERMINAL="$GRUB_TERMINAL serial"
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX console=tty0
> console=/dev/ttyS0,9600"
>
> to /etc/sysconfig/grub
>
> Anaconda (the installer) does this for you automatically if the serial
> options are set with kickstart.
>

I have seen lots of one-off servers setup initially with a video
console, and then hooked up to a serial console server; the RPM is
really handy way to make sure that's done right.  But I don't do that
much anymore, so maybe I'm not the best person to vote.

> What are the various feelings here?  Make these rpms, don't make them?

If they're not too much trouble, I would keep them, as mentioned above.

Marc