On Sat, 2011-07-30 at 14:10 +0100, Dominic Benson wrote:
> Package: finish-install
> Version: 2.32
> Severity: normal
> 
> finish-install 90console script checks for the existence of 
> /sys/bus/xen to determine whether to add a console on 
> /dev/hvc0 - but in 2.6.38 / 2.6.39 this always appears to exist.

Do you mean that /sys/bus/xen exists even when not running under Xen? Or
when running under Xen but without the necessary driver (perhaps in an
HVM domain)?

> The effect is an "init id co respawned too fast, disabling for 5 mins"
> message every 5 mins on systems without /dev/hvc0
> 
> Adding a check that /dev/hvc0 exists prevents this particular
> manifestation, but possibly a more conclusive fix would be required
> as the previous block can also create a co console using
> /dev/hvc0, but with mode vt100. I don't have a suitable environment
> to test what happens under those circimstances.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 5.0.8
>   APT prefers oldstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'oldstable')
> Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Ian Campbell


A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
                -- Harry S. Truman

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