does the kernel cmdline by chance point to a non existing console device in both cases ?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to console-setup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1516591 Title: console-setup.service fails on ppc64el Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In ScalingStack ppc64el instances, console-setup.service fails: $ sudo systemctl status -l console-setup.service ● console-setup.service - Set console keymap Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/console-setup.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2015-11-16 11:38:44 UTC; 47s ago Docs: man:loadkeys(1) Process: 245 ExecStart=/usr/bin/loadkeys /etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 245 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Nov 16 11:38:44 ubuntuubuntu-xenial-adt-ppc64el-server-20151114 systemd[1]: Starting Set console keymap... Nov 16 11:38:44 ubuntuubuntu-xenial-adt-ppc64el-server-20151114 loadkeys[245]: Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console Nov 16 11:38:44 ubuntuubuntu-xenial-adt-ppc64el-server-20151114 systemd[1]: console-setup.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Nov 16 11:38:44 ubuntuubuntu-xenial-adt-ppc64el-server-20151114 systemd[1]: Failed to start Set console keymap. Nov 16 11:38:44 ubuntuubuntu-xenial-adt-ppc64el-server-20151114 systemd[1]: console-setup.service: Unit entered failed state. Nov 16 11:38:44 ubuntuubuntu-xenial-adt-ppc64el-server-20151114 systemd[1]: console-setup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. strace shows open("/dev/console", O_RDWR) = 3 ioctl(3, TCGETS, {c_iflags=0, c_oflags=0x3, c_cflags=0x4b0f, c_lflags=0, c_line=0, c_cc[VMIN]=1, c_cc[VTIME]=0, c_cc="\x03\x1c\x7f\x15\x04\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x17\x12\x1a\x11\x13\x16\x15\x00\x00"}) = 0 ioctl(3, KDGKBTYPE, 0x3ffff3111300) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device) close(3) = 0 while on amd64 this succeeds: open("/dev/console", O_RDWR) = 3 ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE or TCGETS, {c_iflags=0x5, c_oflags=0, c_cflags=0xbf, c_lflags=0, c_line=0, c_cc[VMIN]=1, c_cc[VTIME]=0, c_cc="\x03\x1c\x7f\x15\x04\x00\x01\x00\x11\x13\x1a\x00\x12\x0f\x17\x16\x00\x00\x00"}) = 0 ioctl(3, KDGKBTYPE, 0x7ffe41f71877) = 0 ioctl(3, KDGKBMODE, 0x7ffe41f71898) = 0 close(3) = 0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1516591/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
