[Bug 702574] Re: getty should be started automatically on serial port when serial console is set on kernel command line

[James Hunt]

= Issue =

If the install was performed specifying "console=", then the installer
would have attempted to create a suitable Upstart job for that device.

= Installer File =

The file to consider is:

    http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-installer/finish-
install/master/view/head:/finish-install.d/90console

= Plan =

(Suggested by Colin some time ago):

1) Go through finish-install.d/90console and make sure that all the
special cases and things that it handles will also be handled (not
necessarily in the same way) by the new tty-serial.conf.

2) Make sure that any old installer-created jobs are removed on upgrade
to the first version of Upstart that ships tty-serial.conf.

3) Remove the Upstart serial console handling code from finish-install.

4) Synchronise uploads of upstart and finish-install to minimise the
chance of confusion.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702574

Title:
  getty should be started automatically on serial port when serial
  console is set on kernel command line

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: upstart

  If a user passes console=ttySXXX on the kernel commandline to get a
  serial console, they will see the boot happen on the serial port, but
  not be given a chance to login on the serial port.

  We should ship an upstart job that starts a getty on the serial
  console in this case.

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