Focal:
root@ip-172-31-24-163:~# dmesg | grep console [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-1024-aws root=PARTUUID=a2f52878-01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core.io_timeout=4294967295 panic=-1 [ 2.184073] ACPI: SPCR: console: uart,mmio,0xc5a00000,115200 [ 2.189603] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-1024-aws root=PARTUUID=a2f52878-01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core.io_timeout=4294967295 panic=-1 [ 3.954119] printk: console [tty1] enabled [ 4.022533] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled [ 4.968930] printk: console [ttyS0] disabled [ 5.910255] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
Groovy:
root@ip-172-31-20-184:~# dmesg | grep console [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-1004-aws root=PARTUUID=654e5f57-01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core.io_timeout=4294967295 panic=-1 [ 1.440395] ACPI: SPCR: console: uart,mmio,0xc5a00000,115200 [ 1.445875] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-1004-aws root=PARTUUID=654e5f57-01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core.io_timeout=4294967295 panic=-1 [ 3.207680] printk: console [tty1] enabled [ 3.277829] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled [ 3.561696] fbcon: Taking over console
Note that Groovy has:
[ 3.561696] fbcon: Taking over console
Maybe in newer kernels /dev/console is taken over by a broken framebuffer console?
Focal:
root@ip- 172-31- 24-163: ~# dmesg | grep console /boot/vmlinuz- 5.4.0-1024- aws root=PARTUUID= a2f52878- 01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core. io_timeout= 4294967295 panic=-1 0xc5a00000, 115200 /boot/vmlinuz- 5.4.0-1024- aws root=PARTUUID= a2f52878- 01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core. io_timeout= 4294967295 panic=-1
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=
[ 2.184073] ACPI: SPCR: console: uart,mmio,
[ 2.189603] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=
[ 3.954119] printk: console [tty1] enabled
[ 4.022533] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
[ 4.968930] printk: console [ttyS0] disabled
[ 5.910255] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
Groovy:
root@ip- 172-31- 20-184: ~# dmesg | grep console /boot/vmlinuz- 5.8.0-1004- aws root=PARTUUID= 654e5f57- 01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core. io_timeout= 4294967295 panic=-1 0xc5a00000, 115200 /boot/vmlinuz- 5.8.0-1004- aws root=PARTUUID= 654e5f57- 01 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 nvme_core. io_timeout= 4294967295 panic=-1
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=
[ 1.440395] ACPI: SPCR: console: uart,mmio,
[ 1.445875] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=
[ 3.207680] printk: console [tty1] enabled
[ 3.277829] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
[ 3.561696] fbcon: Taking over console
Note that Groovy has:
[ 3.561696] fbcon: Taking over console
Maybe in newer kernels /dev/console is taken over by a broken framebuffer console?