commit 09bfb5033230e6846414bc6002aa12ce09c23687
Author: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon Sep 19 17:45:17 2011 -0400

    Only bother with consoletype if we're actually connected to something that's console-ish. (#657869)
    
    If we're connected to a socket, or a pipe, or a file, or anything else - assume dumb mode.

diff --git a/rc.d/init.d/functions b/rc.d/init.d/functions
index 79545b5..e313e35 100644
--- a/rc.d/init.d/functions
+++ b/rc.d/init.d/functions
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ systemctl_redirect () {
 [ -z "${COLUMNS:-}" ] && COLUMNS=80
 
 if [ -z "${CONSOLETYPE:-}" ]; then
-  if [ -r "/dev/stderr" ]; then
+  if [ -c "/dev/stderr" ]; then
     CONSOLETYPE="$(/sbin/consoletype < /dev/stderr 2>/dev/null)"
   else
-    CONSOLETYPE="$(/sbin/consoletype 2>/dev/null)"
+    CONSOLETYPE="serial"
   fi
 fi