On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 16:05:43 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote: > On 10/12/20 2:14 PM, john doe wrote: > > > <snip/> > > > > I sent privately the requested xml file to 'Peter Krempa > > <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>'. > > Peter Krempa 's privately answered me back suggesting to add the > > following in the domain xml file: > > Solving things privately doesn't help the community. Additionally it doesn't help solving the problem, since it's now opaque to others what the problem might be. > > > > <bios useserial='yes'/> under <os> I've suggested this as the outputs I've got privately hinted that the console (as in virsh console) didn't get to asking for the password, while the manually-started-qemu did. Thus the problem actually doesn't have to do with encryption or wahatver, but the console doesn't plainly work. > > > > such as ... > > > > Â Â <os> > > Â Â Â Â <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-3.1'>hvm</type> > > Â Â Â Â <boot dev='hd'/> > > Â Â Â Â <bios useserial='yes'/> > > Â Â </os> > > > > Try adding: > > <loader type='rom'>/usr/share/seabios/bios.bin</loader> > > to <os/> so that qemu actually uses SGA bios. > > Michal