It is better on Oneiric beta 2, the menu shows up on the serial console, but the graphics are garbled so it's pretty much impossible to see what you're doing. I'll attach a screenshot.
I used a KVM-based virtual machine in order to test - by default, /dev/ttyS0 on the VM will be redirected to a device in /dev/pts you can use minicom towards (at least when using virt-manager - check the libvirt logs to see which /dev/pts device was assigned). In order to activate the serial console, apply the following patch to the /etc/default/grub and run "update-grub". The grub menu will then show up on the serial console on every subsequent boot. --- /etc/default/grub.dpkg-dist 2011-09-24 14:39:13.085554604 +0200 +++ /etc/default/grub 2011-09-24 15:01:40.204648670 +0200 @@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ # info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration' GRUB_DEFAULT=0 -GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 -GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" -GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" +GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,115200n8" # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains @@ -17,7 +15,8 @@ #GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) -#GRUB_TERMINAL=console +GRUB_TERMINAL=serial +GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --stop=1" # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE I also install the file /etc/init/ttyS0.conf containing the lines below, so that I can actually log in on the serial console after a normal boot. This is not necessary in order to reproduce the recovery menu issue, though. start on runlevel [23] stop on runlevel [!23] respawn exec /sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 -- Tore Anderson ** Attachment added: "console.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590709/+attachment/2452526/+files/console.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590709 Title: Recovery menu doesn't show up on serial console To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/friendly-recovery/+bug/590709/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
