hi William On 22.05.21 23:59, William wrote: > I generally use > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" > and redo grub.cfg (i.e. update-grub, grub2-mkconfig) thanks for the pointer. I literally ran in the guests commandline GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8" sudo update-grub which did change anything to the behavior on the hosts cli Connected to domain '[domain]' Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ]) and then nothing so ... what is the error I am making? > On 5/22/2021 2:49 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: >>> 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! >> >
