hi, long time ago, but I remember you needed to modify something in upstart as well, grub is just bootrapping the operating system, after that the system needs to have a serial console running to connect to.
Maybe here you will find the golden tip: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=c03595461&docLocale=en_US hth, regards, Natxo On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 9:53 AM vrms <v...@netcologne.de> wrote: > 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! > >> > > > > > -- -- Groeten, natxo
