1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile
index a062028226..e14cb2d878 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/profile
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then
         unset i
 fi
 
-if command -v resize >/dev/null && command -v tty >/dev/null; then
-        # Make sure we are on a serial console (i.e. the device used starts with
-        # /dev/tty[A-z]), otherwise we confuse e.g. the eclipse launcher which
-        # tries do use ssh
-        case $(tty) in
-                /dev/tty[A-z]*) resize >/dev/null;;
-        esac
-fi
+# Make sure we are on a serial console (i.e. the device used starts with
+# /dev/tty[A-z]), otherwise we confuse e.g. the eclipse launcher which tries do
+# use ssh
+case $(tty 2>/dev/null) in
+        # The first invocation of resize verifies that it exists, the second
+        # does the actual resizing. This is due to that resize uses stderr to
+        # determine the size of the tty, which does not work if it is redirected
+        # to /dev/null.
+        /dev/tty[A-z]*) resize >/dev/null 2>&1 && resize >/dev/null;;
+esac
 
 export PATH PS1 OPIEDIR QPEDIR QTDIR EDITOR TERM