[libvirt-users] installing and accessing a VM? - newbie question maybe

[vrms at netcologne.de]

hi Martin, thanks for the feedback.

> On August 29, 2016 at 2:44 PM Martin Kletzander <mkletzan at redhat.com> wrote:
> *   When you are connected you don't see anything because the VM doesn't
> have console properly set up, I'd guess.

   visrh start -console [domain]   

gives me the same thing as before    Connected to domain [domain]
                                     Escape character is ^]

(thanks to your explanation I at least know how to escape here now (ctrl +])

can you give any pointer how to setup the VM's console properly I Could imagine virsh edit [domain] would be something to try out.
 

>  *   You might try using virt-manager instead if you're not familiar with
> the terminal (I'm guessing that by the fact that it doesn't look like
> you tried reading the man pages). virt-manager is able to do
> everything virt-install does and it also offers graphics console and
> other options. For you the benefit would be that it is GUI.
> 
> *   Or if you just want to see the guest, virt-viewer is a lightweight
> viewer that does not have any options to configure the vm, but you
> can use it for accessing the graphics displays.

virt-viewer again ... I am on a GUI less server, so that's not a option. I think setting up the console is the thing one needs to figure out.