On 24.05.21 03:12, W wrote: > well libvirt has to know about the serial port and attach it to the > console. > > do you have something like this in your XML file? > > > <serial type='pty'> > <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> > <target type='isa-serial' port='0'> > <model name='isa-serial'/> > </target> > <alias name='serial0'/> > </serial> > <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'> > <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> > <target type='serial' port='0'/> > <alias name='serial0'/> > </console>
no, I have: <serial type='pty'> <target type='isa-serial' port='0'> <model name='isa-serial'/> </target> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> I can edit this with *virsh edit [domain]* but the get the same results as before. When I look into the file thereafter, all edits are gone even though I got a success message with the editing > > > > On 5/23/2021 12:52 AM, vrms wrote: > >> hi William >> >> On 22.05.21 23:59, William wrote: >>> I generally use >>> >>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" >>> and redo grub.cfg (i.e. update-grub, grub2-mkconfig) >> thanks for the pointer. >> >> I literally ran in the guests commandline >> >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" >> sudo update-grub >> >> which did change anything to the behavior on the hosts cli >> >> Connected to domain '[domain]' >> Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ]) >> >> and then nothing >> >> so ... what is the error I am making? >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 5/22/2021 2:49 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: >>>>> On 22.05.21 18:52, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: >>>>> ... apologies if this isn't quite the right list, I tried to get the >>>>> right one. >>>>> But, my problem: I'm firing up a Centos 6.5 box > with virt-install, >>>>> [...] and >>>>> it boots fine, etc., etc., but I can't get to the console except >>>>> through vnc; >>>>> "virsh console" just shows a blank screen. >>>>> 1. I think this is absolutely the right list for your issue >>>> Yay. :-) >>>> >>>>> 2. is it really blank? or something like >>>>> >>>>> Connected to domain '[domain]' >>>>> Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ]) >>>> Okay, it *does* say those things -- but that's all it says. <CR> gets >>>> me nowhere, as opposed to the other KVM hosts we have running. >>>> >>>>> 3. If I am not mistaken the guest needs to be configured in a >>>>> certain way for >>>>> virsh console [domain] to work. I can't say how though >>>> Hmmm... well, if anyone knows, I'm all ears. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the reply! >>>> >> >
