Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] ts-debian-hvm-install: use text installer frontend

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 05:00:26PM +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 04:53:28PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 16:50 +0100, Wei Liu wrote:
> > > The installation log is output to serial console so that we can know if
> > > there's anything wrong.
> > 
> > Where does the serial console end up?
> > prepareguest_part_xencfg sets serial='file:/dev/stderr' which I suppose
> > directs it to the qemu stderr which is logged?
> 
> I suppose it goes to guest console log.
> 
> Like:
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~xensrcts/logs/26098/test-amd64-i386-xl-qemuu-ovmf-amd64/guest-ovmf.guest.osstest-console
> 
> Did I overlook something?
> 

In ts-logs-capture, 'xl console' output is saved to the aformentioned
file. So 'file:/dev/stderr' is not directed there, but to another file
-- qemu's log.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~xensrcts/logs/26098/test-amd64-i386-xl-qemuu-ovmf-amd64/itch-mite---var-log-xen-qemu-dm-ovmf.guest.osstest.log

This patch works for both cases. With this patch we should expect
installer output in qemu-dm-*.log

Wei.

> Wei.
> > 
> > FWIW I normally use serial='pty', which ends up directing it to
> > xenconsole (somehow...)
> > 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  ts-debian-hvm-install |    4 ++--
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/ts-debian-hvm-install b/ts-debian-hvm-install
> > > index c322d6b..03f585a 100755
> > > --- a/ts-debian-hvm-install
> > > +++ b/ts-debian-hvm-install
> > > @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ set default="0"
> > >  set timeout=5
> > >  
> > >  menuentry 'debian guest auto Install' {
> > > -    linux /install.amd/vmlinuz console=vga console=ttyS0,115200n8 
> > > preseed/file=/preseed.cfg
> > > +    linux /install.amd/vmlinuz DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text 
> > > console=ttyS0,115200n8 preseed/file=/preseed.cfg
> > >      initrd /install.amd/initrd.gz
> > >  }
> > >  END
> > > @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ sub isolinux_cfg () {
> > >  
> > >      label autoinstall
> > >          kernel /install.amd/vmlinuz
> > > -        append video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=788 console=ttyS0,115200n8 
> > > preseed/file=/preseed.cfg initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz
> > > +        append DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text 
> > > console=ttyS0,115200n8 preseed/file=/preseed.cfg 
> > > initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz
> > >  END
> > >  }
> > >  
> > 

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