Re: Unable to xm console into a virtualized server with Xen and Etch

[Thomas <iamkenzo@gmail.com>]

> I guess a bit of trial and error via
>  running a getty command manually via ssh and observing the response
>  would narrow it down.
I tried through ssh:
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sudo getty 38400 xvc0
sudo getty 38400 tty1
sudo getty 38400 console
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And each time it yielded: nothing. What am I expected to see? A
console with login prompt?


>> With xvc0 in the inittab, the console never shows up and I get the
>> following error message after a few minutes:
>> ---
>> INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>> INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
>
>  I guess that just means you have no /dev/xvc0 - which means you're
>  running an old-style Xen system.
You are right, I have no /dev/xvc0