On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 4:02 AM, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote: > * Roger Shimizu <[email protected]> [2016-02-23 02:04]: >> Actually, having multiply console is more than shell console, as d-i >> for PC, there're a few console for log output. >> I think it's also benefit for embedded world if we can see the log >> output while installing. > > Sure, but with network-console you can easily achieve this by SSH to > d-i, open a shell, and typing "tail -f /var/log/syslog".
Good to know this. But I think having screen/tmux still has it's value. >> And I have no idea what's netboot for. Maybe it's like the old >> business card CD image? > > netboot = install via network, do installation via serial console or tty > network-console = based on netboot; install via network, do installation via > SSH For serial console, I don't think screen/tmux can work on that. (screen can hold serial console as session, but not the other way around) For tty, it's already have left-alt-F4 console already, there's no need to having screen/tmux at all. So I plan to work on network-console only. >> > On the other hand, it's not clear how d-i can be started within >> > screen/tmux, but maybe you know. >> >> I think just let ssh start screen/tmux as shell, then screen/tmux can >> start normal d-i in the 1st console. >> I also have no idea where to start to change, just need some time to >> be familiar with so much projects in d-i. > > You could start by making a local udeb of tmux/screen. If I have done the udeb of screen/tmux, how to build into d-i? Currently I use "make reallyclean; make build_kirkwood_network-console" to build d-i image. But it seems using the udeb from apt repo, not local compiling. Another question is how to package udeb? I have a few experience on normal deb packaging, but I have no idea how to do it for udeb. Any way to install / debug udeb package? Sorry, there may be too many questions in this email. Even partly answered reply would be appreciated. Thank you! Cheers, -- Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo PGP/GPG: 17B3ACB1
