------- Comment From helle...@us.ibm.com 2015-05-19 04:44 EDT------- (In reply to comment #48) > > I'd like to understand how hvc0.conf is created, why it's not > > being created in some cases, > > The installer uses various means to detect if a serial console is in use and > creates the upstart job on the fly. > As I suggested above, maybe checking /proc/consoles, if it's not already doing that?
> > and if ensuring it is created might just be the simple fix. > > Yes that is the correct fix. > Yeah, if we think there's no harm in always adding the file, let's just do that and be done with it, :-) > The slightly more long-winded analysis I tossed in an email a few minutes > ago: > > So, there are two (maybe three) issues in play with this specific bug. > FYI, I just worked on a bug that was a dup of this and... > 1) The console wasn't in use as "The Console" when we installed, which > we (probably incorrectly, in this case) key off of to decide what > console to set up. > In my case it was the console used for install: a text-based install using "virsh console", and it was recognized as hvc0. > 2) The console he set up was using an old kimchi default that used a > non-standard address we don't look for. Newer versions of kimchi > are meant to use a more standard address to work around that, but > it's still an Ubuntu bug that we blatantly ignore random consoles. > In my case no kimchi, just generic PowerKVM and virsh. > 3) He may not have had that console configured at install time at all, > and we only probe for and setup up console jobs in the installer, > we make no attempt to do so at boot time. So, if new consoles were > to show up on second or fifth boot, tough look, no console for you. > In my case console was present (and used) at install. > The first two bugs are ones we can and should fix in trusty. The third > is probably a wart we need to live with, but can probably fix a bit > better with systemd in 15.04/15.10/16.04. Actually it works in 15.04. We only need a fix for 14.04 LTS, and then only on PowerKVM. It works on PowerVM. Not sure about 14.10, but I'm guessing it's broken there too if that is pre-systemd. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1391919 Title: ISST-KVM:Ubuntu14.04: guest console not accessible but ssh and ping works fine To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1391919/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
