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FS#9538 - initscripts support colinux/vmware with smaller bootable system

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Daniel YC Lin (dlin) - Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 02:29 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 09:48 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: The kbd,setfont could be uninstall, if the initscripts do some testing.


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to modify the initscripts:
Edit the file etc/rc.sysinit, locate the line
umount /proc/bus/usb
and replace it with
grep -qw usbfs /proc/filesystems && umount /proc/bus/usb

Locate the block with "kbd_mode" and "loadkeys", encapsulate this
in an if-fi-block:
if [ -x /bin/loadkeys ] ; then
...
/usr/bin/kbd_mode ...
...
/bin/loadkeys ...
...
fi

The same for the "setfont" some lines after:
if [ -x /usr/bin/setfont ] ; then
...
/usr/bin/setfont
...
fi
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 09:48 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 09:47 GMT
initscripts use a lot of programs from base packages, checking for every one of them is silly.
kbd is an important part of base, if user wants to remove some base packages - (s)he should know what (s)he is doing and what packages should not be removed in any circumstances.

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