Re: Xen Host Virtual Console missing
On Tue May 19, 2009 at 23:39:29 +0000, Tim Dobson wrote:
> I'm having an issue that when I run "xm console <vm name>" everything
> displays fine up until right before where the login prompt should
> appear, where nothing does appear.
>
> I suspect it relates to
> http://wiki.debian.org/Xen#Nologinpromptwhenusing.60xmconsole.60
>
> But what do other people think? ...those instructions are for lenny.. :/
There are two issues that might be occuring:
1. You don't have getty listening on the serial console of the
guest. Update /etc/inittab to enable it.
2. You do have getty running but you're using the wrong thing.
Try using "hvc0" instead of "ttyS0".
Steve
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