initrd: improve console logging

3 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/initrd/btrfs-create.sh b/src/initrd/btrfs-create.sh
index 969ddf6..02ce257 100644
--- a/src/initrd/btrfs-create.sh
+++ b/src/initrd/btrfs-create.sh
@@ -287,7 +287,10 @@ open_samizdat()
   modprobe btrfs || return
   btrfs device scan -u || true
   btrfs device scan || return
-  btrfs device ready "$blockdev" || true
+  if ! btrfs device ready "$blockdev"
+  then
+      : btrfs device ready failed, continuing anyway
+  fi
   mount -t btrfs "$blockdev" /root || return
   samizdat_movemounts "$imgfile"
   LoSetup -D
@@ -417,7 +420,6 @@ init_gpg()
 
   local LOG_DIR=/run/initramfs/samizdat/log
   if samizdat-password-agent > "$LOG_DIR"/samizdat-password-agent.log 2>&1; then
-    clear
     true
   else
     echo 'samizdat-password-agent failed; continuing in hope of hope...'
diff --git a/src/initrd/common.sh b/src/initrd/common.sh
index 0f72efe..8f4e101 100644
--- a/src/initrd/common.sh
+++ b/src/initrd/common.sh
@@ -55,16 +55,24 @@ bootmenu()
 {
   local do_trigger="$1" no_panic="$2"
   killall dynmenu || true
+  clear >/dev/tty7 || true
+
+  if [ "$do_trigger" ]
+  then
+    echo -n 'Attempting to restart menu after failed boot...' >/dev/tty7
+    chvt 7 && sleep 1 || true
+  fi
+
   if TERM=linux OpenVT -f -c 7 -s -- dynmenu "$MENUFIFO"
   then
-    chvt 7 || true
-    clear || true
     menutitle 'Samizdat\n\nAs the Internet develops there are\ntransitions in the management arrangements.\nThe time has come to take\na small step in one of those transitions.' 'Choose an installation target.'
     # menutitle 'Samizdat\nfreedom from surveillance\nno trusted authorities' 'Choose an installation target.'
     addmenu "ramdisk" "[ Boot to RAM without installing anything ]" "menu-select boot-ram"
     addmenu "poweroff" "[ Shut down the system immediately ]" "poweroff -f"
   fi
-  if [ $? != 0 -a ! "$no_panic" ]; then
+
+  if [ $? != 0 -a ! "$no_panic" ]
+  then
     panic "error loading boot menu!  the system won't be usable :("
   fi
 
diff --git a/src/initrd/menu-select b/src/initrd/menu-select
index c374b29..1fcade4 100755
--- a/src/initrd/menu-select
+++ b/src/initrd/menu-select
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ error()
 
   clear >&4
   echo "error -- ${*:-:(}" >&4
+  echo "error -- ${*:-:(}" >/dev/tty1
 
   if [ $sleep -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "will try again in $sleep seconds..." >&4
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ hwclock_to_system()
   hwclock --hctosys
 }
 
+chvt 1
+echo -n "Samizdat is attempting to load the root filesystem..." >/dev/tty1
 case "$1" in
   boot-ram)
     read _ memtotal_kb _ < /proc/meminfo
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ case "$1" in
     mount "$dev"2 /plaintext                           || error
     init_gpg                                           || error
     open_samizdat_blockdev "$dev"3 /plaintext/disk.key || error
-    open_samizdat                                      || error
+    open_samizdat                                      || error open_samizdat
     bootdone root-mounted
   ;;
   boot-overwrite|boot-new|boot-luks)
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
     if [ "$1" = 'boot-luks' ]; then
       open_samizdat_blockdev_from_loop "$loopfile" "$loopfile"k || error
-      open_samizdat || error
+      open_samizdat || error open_samizdat
       bootdone root-mounted
       exit
     fi