[Libguestfs] [PATCH 1/2] builder: Add virt-builder --notes for enabling serial console.

On debian-8 and ubuntu-16.04. --- builder/website/index | 13 +++++++++++++ builder/website/index.asc | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/builder/website/index b/builder/website/index index 8fca86b..ee2fdf5 100644 --- a/builder/website/index +++ b/builder/website/index @@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ notes=Debian 8 (Jessie). This image does not contain SSH host keys. To regenerate them use: --firstboot-command "dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server" + + The serial console is not working in this image. To enable it, do: + + --edit '/etc/default/grub: + s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"/' \ + --run-command update-grub [fedora-18] name=Fedora® 18 @@ -872,6 +878,13 @@ notes=Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). --firstboot-command "dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server" + The serial console is not working in this image (apparently a bug + in Ubuntu). To enable it, do: + + --edit '/etc/default/grub: + s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"/' \ + --run-command update-grub + IMPORTANT NOTE: It seems to be impossible to create an Ubuntu >= 14.04 image using preseed without creating a user account. Therefore this image contains a user account 'builder'. I have disabled it, so that diff --git a/builder/website/index.asc b/builder/website/index.asc index 1e11416..12a0e9b 100644 --- a/builder/website/index.asc +++ b/builder/website/index.asc @@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ notes=Debian 8 (Jessie). This image does not contain SSH host keys. To regenerate them use: --firstboot-command "dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server" + + The serial console is not working in this image. To enable it, do: + + --edit '/etc/default/grub: + s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"/' \ + --run-command update-grub [fedora-18] name=Fedora® 18 @@ -875,25 +881,31 @@ notes=Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). --firstboot-command "dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server" + The serial console is not working in this image (apparently a bug + in Ubuntu). To enable it, do: + + --edit '/etc/default/grub: + s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"/' \ + --run-command update-grub + IMPORTANT NOTE: It seems to be impossible to create an Ubuntu >= 14.04 image using preseed without creating a user account. Therefore this image contains a user account 'builder'. I have disabled it, so that people who don't read release notes don't get caught out, but you might still wish to delete it completely. -- 2.9.3