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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- -Version: GnuPG v1 - -iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXhizFAAoJEJFzj3Pht2igUIQQAKga2A4gL9wAaJbYCb6AS3+7 -ngWN5coZdbu2FUj1I1xd10Ozjzid25UzdmzEZmSs1menwMeUyUJZtI2SXW8MWAor -KvkFr9iPWVfLXPMzPTrPZZRTWkryae3JFthcGWW1pHErZU6Icv/Vz0oNDKm7ZQoo -3fgYNM/19mVSskIrcqMTsKCY3DJaokRt7LfWuEL8gf47+KQQ4qaRQ+iuqqU4/sFx -pFbCHBhYqnnNDUCQI6FwiOCegR8Tsf36BvXCWYMb5FltE0IggcrwraRdCa67DpjJ -3D2W+Wvt4sk7TMWJCz6ZiO8GdAqR9+WGEeKxQQLRxX8k8fagZHw/+tdMkLGuHhPr -Ys2yofR+5vCvA9RDMqObolvmFvyUaUmjH3UFMZM3P8N0mAzlAuBOIFKq2RWhcVll -+EUc0B7UmrusMe76czAqOpltAlrIOJXfxnvTremZixRA2svWMntSuU52fe+TxWuj -aZVbJdwvDfQ0yrHKneoP/v9/EXUCfgwvjHTIbZEG8b8TI4VbF8//9K+JEjJz8zlF -QeqvWwBu9AlDF0RnSTNEFNDvqbfgs5E26ZGg/cDQv+x8UePkiETuAfH8E5ePIp0f -U6NYmlxVvL4sjE6mU4KmEVuYgL12QbaRJCCFYiP6/XuZ4MnoD/w+ko5as2W7OpaR -LrXbWO32TZL8n6RHFlog -=HADO + +iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJYB3n6AAoJEJFzj3Pht2igIZ8P/iGhQYq1ZwbNvzbrrXR9JOmx +SX/Q2BH02BEXHzNTCbryaMX3DrwM8ZYaMLITygFBCB/c5Ks3r7K873GbRJHVsBkl +QY+MHM5uVijLOcsMws6/BB6y8d/Ar4MRB1LoLkIe1OeSUrDbFs+kHAU9WLjxngfj +TNOtfHwFuwhAQ6CkD5NjI+Bj+qpFM5zS74gF0OFgIcfSWpPLG9r5vLbTqh/ul2MW +lBX3ZK220qCqbM4r1LgasILcRJr2cNOZapGuZkhwfYC2ZPCYUo+YI4+b7kp2eiLR +eYcjeuTb9UHFEXdTCQlGXlwS7jrZbkp9b60fcZV/eNKiwcb5X4AG3Rjs7+479EJ5 +4HwXssHEfhZhKvvT15+UW/7cj/rasWz9sVVFPnU6tdmA2YkbSUdlniW0bKQb/v7F +YCwMfTdcz/DwS0qe67XdDuvqYu19iVzjCzWMGq/dsRXEcFVmtdhEPp7f8ayNRt8n +vL5oZpIHVhQu6NDl0xkWGtG4AYE7EkuaPTzAjXd1AN7o3vQGeY1HHLnwiG6Sejio +fFJNPGK0cJnoUioyBZGeLR/BNHdQs3NVFjAesrAt+EapsKTJGpYNbK5pg49PLrxk +ehSELePpXDjdOGNS91He9RoCs6a82jXdMFR6ut+lWdonodexC1mo7cNM+vhT83KG +hR9AJsYYRcxhKuTBIYGR +=Cz5r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 2.9.3