Console of P2V?

Ken D'Ambrosio ken at jots.org
Sat May 22 21:49:32 UTC 2021


> On 22.05.21 18:52, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> ... apologies if this isn't quite the right list, I tried to get the 
> right one.
> But, my problem: I'm firing up a Centos 6.5 box > with virt-install, 
> [...] and
> it boots fine, etc., etc., but I can't get to the console except 
> through vnc;
> "virsh console" just shows a blank screen.
> 1. I think this is absolutely the right list for your issue

Yay. :-)

> 2. is it really blank? or something like
> 
>    Connected to domain '[domain]'
>    Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ])

Okay, it *does* say those things -- but that's all it says.  <CR> gets 
me nowhere, as opposed to the other KVM hosts we have running.

> 3. If I am not mistaken the guest needs to be configured in a certain 
> way for
> virsh console [domain] to work. I can't say how though

Hmmm... well, if anyone knows, I'm all ears.

Thanks for the reply!




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