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Bug 433163 - sys-apps/baselayout - /etc/inittab - agetty keeps respawning on ARM when no serial port is present
Summary: sys-apps/baselayout - /etc/inittab - agetty keeps respawning on ARM when no s...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] baselayout (show other bugs)
Hardware: ARM Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2012-08-29 12:35 UTC by Johan Erasmus
Modified: 2012-09-04 19:15 UTC (History)
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Description Johan Erasmus 2012-08-29 12:35:14 UTC 
Similar to bug 61609 and 149774.

Most ARM based architecture does not have a serial port.  While I support bug 61609 with adding an example config line for serial port agetty, this should be commented out by default.  (As was the resolution to bug 61609 in 2004 but somehow it has now changed?)

Therefore:
Changes required to inittab:
# SERIAL CONSOLES
# s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 ttyS0 vt100 (This line commented out by default for ARM architecture)
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2012-09-04 19:15:57 UTC 
the defaults are there to support most people.  most people have a serial port on ARM vs a VT.