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

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wanted to follow up on that part (thanks about all comment suggestion regarding virt-viewer and vcn, etc. I will test them as well but would prefer the 'console way' if possible

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.

the xml file of my machines (all of them actually) have the below in the 'console' section. 

    ...
    <console type='pty'>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
    </console>
    ...

Is it this has to be adjusted in order to 'properly set up the console' ?
any pointers what to put here? tried 'bash' for 'type' but that didn't work

best ...Gunnar


thanks & best
> On August 29, 2016 at 2:44 PM Martin Kletzander <mkletzan at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Please don't use HTML messages for the list, or at least configure your
> MUA to send both plaintext and HTML messages.
> 
> So, here are some pointers:
> 
> *   When you are connected you don't see anything because the VM doesn't
> have console properly set up, I'd guess.
> 
> *   The string "^]" means "Hold Ctrl and press ]", that's the usual
> escape character, for more info why it's done this way, you can read
> a bit about terminals if you're interested.
> 
> *   The command "virsh connect something vm_name" means run virsh, and in
> it execute command "connect something vm_name", but 'connect' means
> connecting to the daemon (or a driver) and takes one argument, so the
> 'vm_name' there doesn't make sense. You could do virsh console
> vm_name, but that's essentially what virt-install did at the end of
> the installation.
> 
> *   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.
> 
> Hope that helped, have a nice day.
> 
> Martin