Why am I unable to login from serial console with plymouth details plugin from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We can not pass more than a single character to the login process from serial console.

  • The kernel parameter has "console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600", and it doesn't have "rhgb quiet".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
  • plymouth-0.8.3-22.el6

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