Xen users - Jun 2009 - domU only booting with extra = ''xencons=tty1''

Hi,

I''m using Debian 5 (lenny) with Xen 3.2-1. When I try to start a Linux 
guest (installed with debootstrap like this 
<http://www.option-c.com/xwiki/Create_a_Debian_VM_with_debootstrap>), 
the VM hangs right after starting crond. This is exactly before the 
login prompt (which doesn''t come up).

1) In the internet, the solution is an /extra/ line in the configuration 
like /extra = ''xencons=tty1''/. That works, but isn''t
there another solution?
2) I''m trying to start the VM via libvirt which uses XML configuration,
and I can''t get it to work (tried to convert the /extra/ line to 
/<console tty="tty1" />/ but that didn''t work). This is
why I asked for
another solution ;)

Regards
 Andi


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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Andreas Sommer<AndiDog@web.de>
wrote:
> I''m using Debian 5 (lenny) with Xen 3.2-1.
> 2) I''m trying to start the VM via libvirt which uses XML
configuration, and
> I can''t get it to work (tried to convert the extra line to
<console
> tty="tty1" /> but that didn''t work). This is why I
asked for another
> solution ;)
Try editing domU''s /etc/inittab, add


co:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L hvc0 9600 vt102

in short, Lenny''s -Xen kernel creates console on hvc0 by default, so
you should tell Lenny to spawn a login session there.

-- 
Fajar

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Thanks, that did the trick :)

No need for an /extra/ statement anymore.

Best regards
 Andi

Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Andreas Sommer<AndiDog@web.de>
wrote:
>   
>> I''m using Debian 5 (lenny) with Xen 3.2-1.
>>     
>
>   
>> 2) I''m trying to start the VM via libvirt which uses XML
configuration, and
>> I can''t get it to work (tried to convert the extra line to
<console
>> tty="tty1" /> but that didn''t work). This is why
I asked for another
>> solution ;)
>>     
>
> Try editing domU''s /etc/inittab, add
>
>
> co:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L hvc0 9600 vt102
>
> in short, Lenny''s -Xen kernel creates console on hvc0 by default,
so
> you should tell Lenny to spawn a login session there.
>
>   

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