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| -rw-r--r-- | config/includes.chroot/etc/inittab | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | config/includes.chroot/lib/live/config/9999-serial_console | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/serial-console.txt | 20 |
3 files changed, 50 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/etc/inittab b/config/includes.chroot/etc/inittab index 483d42a..91e6d10 100644 --- a/config/includes.chroot/etc/inittab +++ b/config/includes.chroot/etc/inittab @@ -58,14 +58,4 @@ po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop #5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 #6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 -# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal) -# -#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100 -#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100 - -# Example how to put a getty on a modem line. -# -#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3 - -#T0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 linux T0:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100 diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/lib/live/config/9999-serial_console b/config/includes.chroot/lib/live/config/9999-serial_console new file mode 100755 index 0000000..8ade5da --- /dev/null +++ b/config/includes.chroot/lib/live/config/9999-serial_console @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +STATEFILE=/var/lib/live/config/serialconsole + +Serialconsole () +{ + # Checking that we haven't already run + if [ -e ${STATEFILE} ] + then + return + fi + + echo -n " serial console" + + Configure_serialconsole +} + +Configure_serialconsole () +{ + # Note unusual delimiters + # This *fixes*, but does not necessarily enable... + sed -i -e "s|\(T0:.*\?/dev/\)\(tty\)\(.*\?/dev/\)\(tty\)\(.*\)|\1\2S0\3\4S0\5|" /etc/inittab + tail /etc/inittab + init q + + # Creating state file + touch ${STATEFILE} +} + +Serialconsole diff --git a/doc/serial-console.txt b/doc/serial-console.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5ba6ea --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/serial-console.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ + +Recent versions of live-config have a bug relating to automatic serial console +logins (eg, on /dev/ttyS0). These affect headless systems like torouter. + +Previously, a "live-getty" boot flag was sufficient to enable such logins. At +some point this broke, and now even custom versions of /etc/inittab which +enable regular logins get mangled by the live-config script '0170-sysvinit'. + +http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602788 + +http://live.debian.net/gitweb/?p=live-config.git;a=blob;f=docs/README;h=8059e3d8d2be6616d30f9e695472d4992387f7d2;hb=HEAD + +As a work-around, the bundled /etc/inittab and script 9999-serial_console +combined de-mangle the 0170-sysvinit changes and enable an automatic user login +on /dev/ttySO after system boot. + +See also: + +config/includes.chroot/etc/inittab +config/includes.chroot/lib/live/config/9999-serial_console |