Ubuntu
kbd package

console-screen script incompatible with upstart

Bug #282216 reported by Orgad Shaneh on 2008-10-12

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	kbd (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kbd

In /etc/init.d/console-screen.kbd.sh, the consoles list (kept in LIST_CONSOLES) is retrieved using inittab.

This causes inability to set consoles font using /etc/kbd/config.

I've included a patch. I'm not sure this is the standard way to do this, but it works ;)

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/kbd

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Orgad Shaneh (orgads) wrote on 2008-10-12:

retrieve consoles from /etc/event.d instead of /etc/inittab Edit (496 bytes, text/plain)

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2008-10-13:

Is this important at all? We only still include that script because it's easier to leave it there than to delete it; normal Ubuntu systems should have console-setup installed, and should use /etc/default/console-setup to configure the font.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2009-02-16:

This bug was fixed in the package kbd - 1.14.1-4ubuntu3

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kbd (1.14.1-4ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Depend on console-setup, and remove /etc/init.d/console-screen.kbd.sh;
    we now only support systems using console-setup and so it no longer
    serves a purpose (LP: #282216).

-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:02:08 +0000