I've figured this out. I'm using Cockpit (264-1ubuntu0.22.04.1) to
handle the VM, and the web console has an 'Expand' button which
increases the display size. If you expand, the connection to the VM is
broken, and you get the "Display output is not active" message. I've
used Cockpit on RH and Ubuntu for several years, with lots of different
VMs, and never seen this before. It's not a big problem though - you
just have to squint.
On 16/10/2024 17:02, EML wrote:
My understanding is that the standard image:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-12.7.0-amd64-standard.iso
is intended for text-only use. Is this correct? If I install this on
KVM, and select the first menu option ('Live'), I get a usable console
for a few minutes, but it eventually hangs up with a "Display output
is not active" message. This feels to me like the kernel is looking
for display hardware.
I'm trying to get a terminal so that I can run a manual wget/dd
installation, over-writing the Qemu "disk". Thanks.
