[Xen-API] RE: [xen-org/xen-api] 66083e: CA-63739: Fix console handling after reboot/migrat...

[Ewan Mellor <Ewan.Mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's great Dave, thanks!

Credit is due to Zhixue Wu for the initial work in vncterm, and to Simon Rowe 
for review of that work before it went in.

Cheers,

Ewan.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Scott
> Sent: 28 July 2011 09:37
> To: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Ewan Mellor
> Subject: FW: [xen-org/xen-api] 66083e: CA-63739: Fix console handling
> after reboot/migrat...
> 
> Hi xen-api,
> 
> As of changeset 66083ee70 in xen-org/xen-api master there is
> experimental support for pure PV text consoles.
> 
> It's now possible to type:
> 
> $ xe console vm=myvm
> 
> to attach to the console, just like "xm console" and "xl console". This
> avoids having to mess around with port-forwarding and VNC, making
> debugging a lot easier.
> 
> From the XenAPI point of view, a PV guest now has 2 consoles, one with
> protocol=rfb and one with protocol=vt100. The vncterm VNC is still
> available via the protocol=rfb console.
> 
> Many thanks to Ewan Mellor (cc:d) who provided the necessary changes to
> vncterm to make this work!
> 
> Furthermore for the really adventurous, there is experimental
> experimental support for PVFB, activated by setting the option:
> 
> $ xe vm-param-set uuid=... platform:pvfb=true
> 
> Anecdotally this worked quite well for me when I installed a debian
> squeeze VM.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave Scott

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