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Can I get a serial console (like ttyS0) on the Pinephone using the "PINEBOOK SERIAL CONSOLE" cable with the CH340 chipset?
Specifically, I would like to have access to the bash shell, like when using adb shell with a Nexus 5 running UBports.
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@llzzrrdd
You can use the serial cable to access the debug information before the OS is launched.To access the shell, I'd recommend to use SSH.
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I never had to use SSH on the UBports; adb shell was adequate. Of course I can try SSH, but is it possible to get more than debug (to get bash shell actually) from the serial cable?
Like the classic following example from a line at /etc/inittab ?
T0:123:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100
Source::
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SerialConsoleHowto -
@llzzrrdd The Pinephone is a Non-Android phone so we do not have adb there. Thats why we go for ssh, and also on the Android phones ssh will become the de-facto standard. Its much easier to integrate.
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@Flohack thanks for all your responses! much appreciated!!!
Sure, I agree let's not use google's adb, one thing less from google the better!
What I am asking, is if there is any chance except from debug messages to get an actual shell via that serial cable of pinephone?
What are the chance I can get it working by just editing the inittab like with the previous classic example?
Has anybody tried it already?
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