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