[pve-devel] [PATCH container] setup: nixos: set cmode to console by default

[Christoph Heiss]

In the default NixOS configuration (e.g. when using prebuilt container
images from the Hydra pipeline [0]), getty is only configured for
/dev/console, but not any TTY ports. This results in the user just
getting a blank, black screen when opening the console in the web UI.

With this, the mentioned tarballs [0] work out-of-the-box.

[0] https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.containerTarball.x86_64-linux

Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss at proxmox.com>
---
 src/PVE/LXC/Setup/NixOS.pm | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/NixOS.pm b/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/NixOS.pm
index c702f3d..7f23111 100644
--- a/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/NixOS.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/LXC/Setup/NixOS.pm
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ sub new {

     $conf->{ostype} = "nixos";

+    # Set `cmode` to `console` for NixOS containers, as getty is only configured for /dev/console by
+    # default, but not any TTY ports. This way, users still get a login/shell instead of just a
+    # blank screen when openinng the console in the web UI.
+    $conf->{cmode} = 'console';
+
     return bless $self, $class;
 }

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