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Re: [Xen-users] paravirtualised gentoo on Fedora Core 7

Mark Williamson wrote:
>> I read also this thread "Re: [Xen-users] dom0 no longer showing serial
>> console output" , and modified my grub.conf accordingly.
>> My kernel boot parameters now is  kernel
>> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20.r6-gentoo-xenU root=/dev/xvda video=xenfb
>> console=ttyS0 xencons=ttyS vga=0x311
>> Now I am able to use vnc console, the only thing is that I do not see
>> kernel boot  messages any more, but only login prompt. Of course it is
>> ok for me :).
>>     
>
> You shouldn't need the vga= bit, since there's no real or emulated VGA going 
> on for a PV guest.
>
> The way you've set up console= and xencons= the boot messages will probably 
> be 
> going to the domain's virtual serial console (use xm console or xm create -c 
> to access this).  If you want them to appear on the framebuffer console, 
> change your "console=" line to "console=tty1".
>
> Does that work?
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>   
Thanks,
Now it works as expected.
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20.r6-gentoo-xenU root=/dev/xvda  console=tty1
xencons=ttyS

andris

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