Re: xen3: no access to console

On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:45:51PM +0100, Joel CARNAT
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed and booted xen3 on my Dell D420.
> It seems to boot well expect I can't access the
console.
> I can access the system via ssh but the console seems
frozen on (XEN)
> message output:
> <snip>
> (XEN) Scrubbing Free RAM: ..........done.
> (XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
> 
> When I type things on the keyboard, they appear on the
screen,
> owerwritting the (XEN) messages but it's like I was in
vi in editing
> mode - that is, nothing happens on my strikes (even
Ctrl-C).
> 
> Find my dmesg attached, but I didn't found any usefull
message.

It looks like xencons is used as console instead of VGA. You
need to
use 'console=ttyS0' or 'console=pc' on the netbsd line in
grub.conf

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyerantioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la
difference
--

thank you !

it was set to "console=ttyS0" (copy/paste from my
xen server install).
when set to "console=pc", I get the console and X


> On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:45:51PM +0100, Joel CARNAT
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed and booted xen3 on my Dell D420.
>> It seems to boot well expect I can't access the
console.
>> I can access the system via ssh but the console
seems frozen on (XEN)
>> message output:
>> <snip>
>> (XEN) Scrubbing Free RAM: ..........done.
>> (XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
>>
>> When I type things on the keyboard, they appear on
the screen,
>> owerwritting the (XEN) messages but it's like I was
in vi in editing
>> mode - that is, nothing happens on my strikes (even
Ctrl-C).
>>
>> Find my dmesg attached, but I didn't found any
usefull message.
>
> It looks like xencons is used as console instead of
VGA. You need to
> use 'console=ttyS0' or 'console=pc' on the netbsd line
in grub.conf
>