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

[Richard W.M. Jones]

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.
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