This article will describe changing GRUB2 and Linux to serial console. This is not for desktop environment but embedded system and virtual machine environment.
Table of Contents
1 /etc/default/grub
Change /etc/default/grub as below.
- Change GRUB terminal to console and ttyS0. This will provide one GRUB to a monitor display and serial console.
- Remove hidden parameter for avoiding "no video mode activated" error. And change GRUB timeout from 8 seconds to 1 second.
- Change linux kernel console to tty1 and ttyS0. This setting will be taken over to userland, and there will be two login prompt for tty1 and ttyS0.
> diff -uprN /etc/default/grub{.org,} --- /etc/default/grub.org 2016-11-18 20:36:48.028609459 +0900 +++ /etc/default/grub 2016-11-18 20:40:57.438040576 +0900 @@ -6,23 +6,21 @@ # /boot/grub2/grub.cfg. GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=openSUSE GRUB_DEFAULT=saved -GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 -GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true -GRUB_TIMEOUT=8 -GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" resume=/dev/system/swap splash=silent quiet showopts" +GRUB_TIMEOUT=1 +GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" resume=/dev/system/swap splash=silent showopts" # kernel command line options for failsafe mode GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_RECOVERY="showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe" -GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" +GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200" # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains # the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...) #GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) -GRUB_TERMINAL=gfxterm +GRUB_TERMINAL="console serial" # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' -GRUB_GFXMODE=auto +#GRUB_GFXMODE=auto # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
2 grub2-mkconfig
Update grub.cfg with grub2-mkconfig.
> sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
You can operate GRUB and Linux via serial console. You can also operate these via tty1.