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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-07-24 19:56:35 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-07-24 19:56:35 +0200
commit706ae8e15c8d36b0aee7c19c54c143d3e17f5784 (patch)
treee9fe8ebfb1417d30979b5413165599f066a1c504 /gnu/services/base.scm
parent3e95125e9bd0676d4a9add9105217ad3eaef3ff0 (diff)
parent8440db459a10daa24282038f35bc0b6771bd51ab (diff)
downloadguix-706ae8e15c8d36b0aee7c19c54c143d3e17f5784.tar.gz
Merge branch 'master' into core-updates
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@@ -1113,7 +1113,14 @@ the tty to run, among other things."
 
        (start  #~(make-forkexec-constructor
                   (list #$(file-append mingetty "/sbin/mingetty")
-                        "--noclear" #$tty
+                        "--noclear"
+
+                        ;; Avoiding 'vhangup' allows us to avoid 'setfont'
+                        ;; errors down the path where various ioctls get
+                        ;; EIO--see 'hung_up_tty_ioctl' in driver/tty/tty_io.c
+                        ;; in Linux.
+                        "--nohangup" #$tty
+
                         #$@(if auto-login
                                #~("--autologin" #$auto-login)
                                #~())