[Bug 956827] Re: embedded terminal doesn't update

[Stéphane Graber]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 882147 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882147

tail works perfectly without inotify but like a large number of software
will use inotify if present.

The bug we're tracking in bug 882147 is the fact that overlayfs
advertises inotify support and allows software to call the inotify API
but without actually sending the events.

So the userspace side is doing the right thing as there's no way for it
to know that inotify isn't working (what it's receiving is identical to
a file that's simply not changing), the problem lands on the kernel side
and that's what we're focusing on now.

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Title:
  embedded terminal doesn't update

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Desktop 20120316

  The content of the embedded terminal doesn't update during installation. The content is 
  Mar 16 09:48:37 ubuntu ubiquity[21172]: Ubiquity 2.9.29
  Mar 16 09:48:38 ubuntu ubiquity[21172]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect

  and never refreshes.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.29
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.311
  Date: Fri Mar 16 11:15:54 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120316)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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