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[Andy Lutomirski <1442405@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The official docs [1] say to do:

--- cut here ---
# ttyS0 - getty
#
# This service maintains a getty on ttyS0 from the point the system is
# started until it is shut down again.

start on stopped rc or RUNLEVEL=[12345]
stop on runlevel [!12345]

respawn
exec /sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 vt102
--- cut here ---

I have:

--- cut here ---
# ttyS1 - getty
#
# This service maintains a getty on ttyS1 from the point the system is
# started until it is shut down again.

start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345] and (
            not-container or
            container CONTAINER=lxc or
            container CONTAINER=lxc-libvirt)

stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
exec /sbin/getty -8 115200 ttyS1
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But this isn't a race -- IMO it really is a bug, if only a documentation
bug perhaps.  plymouth-stop.conf has:

start on (starting gdm
          or starting kdm
          or starting xdm
          or starting lxdm
          or starting lightdm
          or starting uxlaunch
          or starting ubiquity
          or starting oem-config
          or stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
          or starting rcS
          or starting mountall-shell)

It never runs at all on a non-graphical system.  Heck, I don't even see
why console=tty1 or perhaps no console arg at all works correctly if
there's no graphical greeter in that list.  This isn't a race -- it's
just completely broken in these configurations.

IMO plymouth should stop whenever a getty starts on the tty that
plymouth is in charge of.

Please reopen.

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Title:
  plymouth locks console termios, breaking serial consoles

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I have a more or less standard non-graphical Ubuntu 14.04 server
  installation.  I boot with console=ttyS1,115200, and I have
  /etc/init/ttyS1.conf that's more or less the same as all the standard
  /etc/init/ttyN.conf files.

  The serial console login doesn't work because plymouth seems to think
  it's showing its bootsplash and it locks the termios settings using
  TIOCSLCKTRMIOS.  This completely breaks /bin/login, which *requires*
  working buffered mode.

  I have no idea what mechanism is supposed to tell Plymouth to dismiss
  its splash screen when boot up is done, but it's clearly broken.  What
  gives?

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