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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
