>|> >|Check out >|> >|http://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsConsole for >|> >|xml examples. >|> >|> I added >|> >|> <parallel type='pty'> >|> <source path='/dev/lp0' /> >|> <target port='0'/> >|> </parallel> >|> >|> to the <devices> section of the relevant file in /etc/libvirt/qemu. The >|> parallel "hardware" shows up in virt-manager, but with - as the source >|> path; running the domain yields >| >|> libvirtError: internal error Timed out while reading console startup >|> output >|> >|> Same result if I use <source path='/dev/pts/2' />. If I remove the >|> parallel "hardware" in the virt-manager, the guest starts up OK. >| >|Your XML syntax is wrong. You specified a 'pty' but then gave it a >|real path which doesn't make sense. You want type='dev' instead, >|and the <target> element is redundant - that's an output only >|element at this time. So, eg >| >| <parallel type='dev'> >| <source path='/dev/lp0' /> >| </parallel> >| The example syntax at the libvirt.org site I was directed to is <parallel type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/2'/> <target port='0'/> </parallel> so that should be corrected if it's "wrong". Bob T. _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools