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[05:25] <cpaelzer> rbasak: yes I'm on that already as you see on the bug
[05:25] <cpaelzer> since more than a week
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[19:59] <jayjo_> I'm trying to install ubuntu server onto a small machine, but I only have a wireless usb keyboard available. The keyboard doesn't seem responsive. I also have a COM to USB port - can I connect to a terminal with screen on my main machine and install from there?
[20:05] <sarnold> jayjo_: try adding something like console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/serial-console.html
[20:14] <RoyK> sarnold: you probably should run a getty on that serial port as well
[20:16] <sarnold> RoyK: can you do that from the installer? I haven't got a clue if serial console 'works' for installing these days; I hoped this would 'just work', you know? :)
[20:25] <tomreyn> someone whose first name is mark filed a bug about serial console support being complicated around 18.04, and i think it got improved since. haven't gotten around to try, yet, though.
[20:25] <RoyK> sarnold: never done it from the installer - dunno
[20:26] <RoyK> sarnold: but the console won't normally start a getty, just spit out kernel messages
[20:28] <tomreyn> bug 1770962
[20:28] <ubottu> bug 1770962 in subiquity "Support serial-port based install" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1770962
[20:32] <sarnold> "No feedback, no party. That's bug comment of the week, for sure :)"  :D
[21:55] <jayjo_> I can access the serial port OK on the machine through the bios and through selecting "Install Ubuntu Server" but that's as far as it goes. I think I'll have to go source a wired USB keyboard.
[21:55] <sarnold> jayjo_: bugger :( thanks for reporting back
[21:55] <sarnold> jayjo_: it might be worth a bug report, though, since I think we thought this was supposed to work