This works fine for me on 8.04 Kernel parameters in /boot/grub/menu.1st are kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=bla-bla ro console=ttyS0,115200
I thinks this is purely xen specific "xencons=off" is explicitly killing the console. xencons={off,tty,ttyS}, Searching for xencons gives a lot of related hits -- Serial Console redirection no longer works properly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160455 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs