Bug #12960
closed
VGA install defaults to serial as primary console when loading/saving admin GUI settings without making changes
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Description
When booting from a VGA installer such as the ISO or VGA USB memstick, the boot menu is set to Serial.
See attached image.
It does keep using VGA when it boots and the installer works OK, so it's possible that it's cosmetic but it's still confusing.
Additionally, when going to System > Advanced, Admin Access tab after a clean install, the default console selected there is serial despite there being no preferred console in the configuration. If the user presses save without correcting that, they could lose access to the console afterward. This may not be related to the installer problem, and could move to its own Redmine issue if needed. That option may need to default to a neutral/empty value of "Default" so it doesn't change without user intervention.
Might be related to other issues such as #11419
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Updated by Jim Pingle over 2 years ago
- Plus Target Version changed from 22.05 to 22.09
This seems to be working OK despite how it looks. It can wait for the next release.
Updated by Jim Pingle over 2 years ago
- Plus Target Version changed from 22.09 to 22.11
Updated by Jim Pingle about 2 years ago
- Plus Target Version changed from 22.11 to 23.01
Updated by Jim Pingle about 2 years ago
- Assignee set to Jim Pingle
As we saw on #13080 this is probably just the loader menu interpreting the environment incorrectly.
The GUI page could use changed a bit as stated, though. The options may need to be reordered so VGA comes first on new installs that have no settings, since that would have been the default out-of-the-box behavior. Maybe it could detect and select the primary console based on the existing value of console in kenv or similar. Will need to run some tests and see what's best.
Updated by Jim Pingle about 2 years ago
- Subject changed from VGA installer image defaults to serial console, serial console is default in GUI settings to VGA install defaults to serial as primary console when loading/saving admin GUI settings without making changes
To confirm, the loader menu issue is identical to #13080 -- On the ISO when booting via BIOS, it has boot_serial=NO in the environment which is misinterpreted by the loader menu console code, but behaves correctly.
So this issue can remain solely for the GUI part.
Updated by Jim Pingle about 2 years ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Applied in changeset 410e9b52e45b7248942640f4a08189cd18567353.
Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago
- Category changed from Installer to Web Interface
Updated by Jim Pingle almost 2 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
This is working properly for both EFI and legacy BIOS installs. Either way, when visiting the page for the first time it properly selects the current console as the default value of the drop-down menu.