Re: [Xen-users] xm console domU

[christoffer@xxxxxxxxx]

Would a simple ssh to your domU do the trick?

Cheers,
/Chris

> Dear *
>
> Just starting to play a bit with this new world of virtualization.
> Installed a guest domain (Scientific Linux), either using xen-strap or
> virt-install.
> Till now, they seem to work just fine. Nevertheless, I have one question.
>
> After starting a guest domain with "xm create domainID" (see xen config
> file below), I connect to the console of domU with "xm console domainID".
> When working on linux, I usually open several console windows to perform
> different tasks. But if I try to connect to a 2nd console on the same
> domU,
> both consoles freeze. I noticed that the commands issued in one console do
> appear in the other console. A "who" command inside of the domU shows that
> only one device (port? I do know the syntax) is open (xvc0).
>
> How can I connect to  a console domU more than once,without problems?
> Probably is some variable on the xen config file, but after reading the
> manual I still could not figure it out.
>
> Cheers,
> Nuno
>
> P.S.(I) dom0 running SL 5.1, kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen, xen hypervisor
> 3.0.3
> P.S.(II) The xen config file for a domU created with xen-strap :
>
> [root@tintin xinetd.d]# more /etc/xen/golden-client
> #
> # Configuration file for the Xen instance golden-client, created
> # by xen-strap  on Tue Dec 16 01:57:34 CET 2008 by using sample
> # Linux distribution for TARGET is sl47
> # xen-strap ver 0.10_28Aug2008
> # /opt/bin/xen-strap --swap=1024M --ntp -c --name=golden-client --dhcp
> --ssh
> #                    -g -b -i openssh-clients mc vi-minimal
> #
> --from=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/47/i386/SL/RPMS
> #                    --dist=sl47 lvm:enmr/golden-client:10G:ext3
> # short program name xen-strap
> #  Kernel + memory size
> #  Xen 3.0 config file
> #
> # Edited 14Jan09 by nunolf
>
> # Kernel image file and ramdisk
> kernel  = "/var/lib/xen-strap/golden-client/vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELxenU"
> ramdisk =
> "/var/lib/xen-strap/golden-client/initrd-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELxenU.img"
>
> # Memory size in megabytes.
> memory = 1024
> maxmem = 2048
>
> # Number of virtual CPUs.
> vcpus= 2
>
> # Disk device(s) the domain has access to
> root = "/dev/sda1 ro console=/dev/xvc0"
> disk = [ "phy:enmr/golden-client,sda1,w" ,
> "phy:enmr/golden-client-SWAP,sda2,w" ]
>
> # Domain name. All domains must have different names.
> name = "golden-client"
>
> #  Define network interfaces.
> vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr0' ]
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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