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From: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont)
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Subject: Re: Serious issue with serial console in 5.4
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Eirik ?verby wrote:

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> However, since I seem to be the only one who has noticed this,
> perhaps I'm the last person on earth to routinely use serial terminal
> switches instead of KVM switches to do my admin work?

No, I recently installed 3 5.4-R production machines that do not have
video cards, so I'm using the serial console a lot. I didn't see any of
the horror you found. (yet, fingers crossed ;-)

-- Hans Lambermont