Could you please explain why that is not the way to go? What alternatives do you recommend? Best regards, Sebastian. 2014-07-16 8:24 GMT+01:00 Alex Owen <[log in to unmask]>: > On 9 Jul 2014, at 18:58, Orion Poplawski <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On 07/07/2014 10:07 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? > >> > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> What are the various feelings here? Make these rpms, don't make them? > >> > >> Pat > >> > >> > > > > Personally, never heard of them, and generally configuration by rpm > installation seems like not the right way to go. But I'm a small user… > > > > I concur that configuration by tweak packages is not a clean way to > configure machines. > For what it is worth Debian Policy prohibits one package from changing the > configuration files of another package. > The sound reasoning behind the Debain Policy would, in my opinion, also > apply to Scientific Linux. > > Regards > Alex Owen > > — > https://github.com/raowen/conlog - Open Source IPMI Console Server and > Logger >