I just tested with the most recent lucid build, and the adding of 'xencons' param in the post-build fixups fixes this problem
# us-east-1 ami-f8b44591 canonical ebs/ubuntu-lucid-daily-i386-server-20101220 # us-east-1 aki-407d9529 amazon pv-grub-hd0-V1.01-i386.gz $ ec2-run-instances ami-f8b44591 --kernel aki-407d9529 --instance-type t1.micro Then, I get all console output. ** Also affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: plymouth (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682831 Title: lost console output early in boot -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs