On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 08:31:19PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Jurij Smakov <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:51:30 +0000 > > > 4. Run '/bin/sh -x /usr/lib/finish-install.d/90console' and post the > > output somewhere. > > This doesn't log anything because executing 90console actualy spawns > debconf/frontend to execute the script. > > So I inspected things by hand: > > 1) readlink on /proc/$(pidof debian-installer)/fd/0 evaluates to > "/dev/console" > 2) "mapdevfs" returns /dev/console > > This is hitting the "Pass unknown devices without changes" path > in debian-installer/devfs.c:di_system_devfs_map_fron > > This code seems to assume that the installer will have the underlying > device openned, but instead it is /dev/console which it will have. > > Code needs to be added, somewhere, to translate /dev/console to > whatever the underlying device is. Or to detect the serial console > in some other manner.
You may end up with console set to /dev/console if detection logic failed and a fall-through value has been used here: http://git.debian.org/?p=d-i/rootskel.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/sbin/reopen-console-linux;hb=HEAD Can you post dmesg output from this machine, booted via a serial console? Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov [email protected] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
