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Re: Xen Virtual Console xvc (Was: Re: [Xen-users] Pardon me for possibly
> On Sunday 27 January 2008 09:53:50 pm Todd Deshane wrote:
> >> Thanx. I actually wasn't thinking of the domu case. Fedora sets up
> >> dom0's inittab and securetty, and I was wondering why. You obviously
> >> can't use 'xm console' for this, so what can you use (he asks, befuddled
> >> ;-)
> >
> > I don't understand the question then. Sorry :(
>
> The thrust of my question is where does the getty prompt show up. I get the
> concept of using 'xm console' for a domu, but does anyone know why it's in
> fedora's dom0 setup? Where would I find the getty prompt corresponding to
> dom0's xvc0?
To be honest I've been a bit confused by all the different console names Xen
has used ;-) But I imagine that in dom0 xvc0 is plumbed through to Xen so
that if you have a serial line attached to the box you can use it to log in
on dom0 (or control Xen - you switch using a magic key combination).
> It may turn out that inittab and securetty should *not* be setup in a dom0,
> which would solve another problem: When I boot into the non-xen kernel on
> fedora fc8, I get the following repeated syslog message, since obviously
> there is no xvc0 in the non-xen-kernel:
>
> Jan 27 00:24:38 Insp6400 init: Id "co" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
> minutes
> Jan 27 00:31:24 Insp6400 init: Id "co" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
> minutes
Oh, that's unfortunate. If this is on stock F8, maybe file a bug?
Cheers,
Mark
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