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Enable ttyS0 (Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 8 (jessie)
### debian 8 (jessie)
mkdir /etc/systemd/system/[email protected] &&\
echo '[Service]
Environment="TERM=xterm"' > /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/xterm.conf
systemctl daemon-reload &&\
systemctl enable [email protected] &&\
systemctl start [email protected] &&\
systemctl status [email protected]
### ubuntu 14.04
echo '# 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 RUNLEVEL=[2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
respawn
exec /sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 xterm' > /etc/init/ttyS0.conf &&\
start ttyS0
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