This seems to be a funny little bug in the kernel console driver. When I send getty a SIGSTOP, it still works, and when I run getty on a pty under gnome-terminal, this doesn't happen.
** Package changed: util-linux (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #62821 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62821 ** Also affects: linux via http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62821 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068578 Title: Console output can be deleted Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and in the console the line "ubuntu login: " can be deleted. Steps to reproduce: 1. After the line "ubuntu login: " appears press del. 2. Now 3 characters with backspace can be deleted. 3. These steps can be repeated until the complete line is empty. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1068578/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp