Re: [PATCH 1/1] services: Add agetty service.

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

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On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 07:24:17PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> When I connect to my physical device using the Keyspan USA-19H
> serial-to-USB converter, I can watch the system boot, but Shepherd never
> reports that the 'term-ttyS0' service has started, and I never see the
> MOTD or login prompt.
> 
> Any advice or debugging ideas?

Good news, it works!

My method of testing was no good.

I just successfully booted and logged in using attached diff on top of
the agetty-service patch.

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diff --git a/gnu/system/grub.scm b/gnu/system/grub.scm
index b18b8be6d..d94b1a266 100644
--- a/gnu/system/grub.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/grub.scm
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ system string---e.g., \"x86_64-linux\"."
     insmod efi_uga
   fi
 
-  terminal_output gfxterm
+  terminal_output console
 "
         ""))
 
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index 3ec343570..55020b147 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ You have been warned.  Thanks for being so brave.
                              (tty "tty1")
                              (auto-login "root")))
 
+          (agetty-service (agetty-configuration
+                            (extra "-i")
+                            (tty "ttyS0")
+                            (baud-rate "115200,38400,9600")))
+
           (login-service (login-configuration
                           (motd motd)))
 
@@ -340,6 +345,9 @@ Use Alt-F2 for documentation.
     (host-name "gnu")
     (timezone "Europe/Paris")
     (locale "en_US.utf8")
+    (kernel linux-libre-4.1)
+    (kernel-arguments
+     '("console=ttyS0,115200n8 gfxpayload=text earlyprintk=serial,ttyS0,115200"))
     (bootloader (grub-configuration
                  (device "/dev/sda")))
     (file-systems

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