Bug#403369: initscripts: boot messages not displayed on serial console with bootlogd enabled

[Paul Slootman]

On Tue 14 May 2019, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> 
> Seems things changed for 13 years. I just set up virtual machine with
> following kernel options:
> 
> 	console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n
> 
> and runit with "kvm -serial file:serial". When it booted content of
> /var/log/boot in VM and "serial" on host was same -- both listed events
> up to openssh service.
> 
> So, seems I need more information and guidance to debug this issue.

You do have bootlogd installed?
I would suggest removing the "console=tty0" as this happened on a system
with only serial, no display.

However, as that system has since been recycled, I can't reproduce it
either anymore, so I suggest that the bug may be closed as far as I am
concerned.


Thanks,
Paul