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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab?
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 16:01:00
Message-Id: mq592t$e2o$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab? by Felix Miata
1 On 2015-08-08, Felix Miata <mrmazda@×××××××××.net> wrote:
2
3 > I don't get why any distro leaves this out, why anyone wouldn't like to
4 > automatically notice while booting any announcement that something failed,
5 > especially someone who has just gotten a new installation up for the first
6 > times. Why isn't --noclear set by default?
7
8 Yep, I find it infuriating that by default all distros seem to go to
9 great effort to hide as much information about the boot/startup
10 process as possible. WTF? Do they think that stuff is top secret or
11 something? Are they afraid they'll lose their jobs if that info gets
12 out?
13
14 --
15 Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
[gentoo-user] Re: why --noclear not set on tty1 in default /etc/inittab? James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>