Bug#906263: cloud.debian.org: Cloud images do not boot (KVM) without a video device
On 08/16/2018 10:18 AM, Max Khon wrote:
> Package: cloud.debian.org <http://cloud.debian.org>
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Debian 9 cloud images do not boot if a KVM VM does not have a video device
> (OpenStack creates such VMs if remote console is not configured in
> nova-compute):
> qemu-system-x86_64 consumes 100% CPU and the VM is not booted.
>
> The fix is to uncomment "GRUB_TERMINAL=console" in /etc/default/grub and
> run "update-grub"
>
> Note that Ubuntu cloud images have the following configuration in
> /etc/default/grub:
> GRUB_TERMINAL="serial console"
> GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --speed=115200"
Hi Max,
Why would one want to configure OpenStack to not provide a video console
using VNC / SPICE? I don't get it...
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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