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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?

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        llzzrrdd
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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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          AppLee @llzzrrdd
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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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            llzzrrdd
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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

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              flohack @llzzrrdd
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              @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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                llzzrrdd
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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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