On the guest's first boot there is no login prompt when using virsh console <guest host>. It displays the boot process but no login prompt comes up.
FYI the --no-gfx switch does not work in this version of koan (1.4.1-1.el5). It must be --nogfx. If you look hat koan -h it even defines that switch as --nogfx. However, the manpage has --no-gfx. For me the koan log is located in /var/log/koan. What exactly would I be expecting in there if the --nogfx/no-gfx is working as it should? I do not see --nographics or --no-gfx or the like in there, though. If this is a bug in the virtinst can you point me to the koan code that calls the related function so I can submit a bug with redhat? On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote: > Nicholas Schuetz wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am using cobbler and koan to boot some RHEL 5.3 Xen pv guests on a >> RHEL 5.3 host. The koan command I use to do so is: >> >> koan --nogfx --server=<cobbler-server> --virt --system=<guest hostname> >> >> The problem i'm seeing is ultimately the virtual guest ends up booting >> w/o a console. The reason why is the guest inittab does not get >> updated with: >> >> co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty xvc0 9600 vt100-nav >> >> I would think the --nogfx switch would tell virt-install or the like >> that this is a no graphics installation and it needs a console. >> > > Yes, the --no-gfx flag prevents it from adding VNC support. I take it > you mean that when using that flag you cannot connect to the guest with > virsh during the install (or is it just after?) > > Either way, sems like a virtinst bug -- though it's the first I've heard > of it. > > See what you have in koan.log (either /var/log/koan or ~/.koan -- can't > remember where ATM)... that contains the libvirt XML used to create the > guest. > > >> Does anyone else have this issue. Is this a bug or am I doing >> something wrong here? >> >> As a workaround I've added a line in the kickstart %post section to >> add this to the inittab: >> >> echo "co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty xvc0 9600 vt100-nav" >> /etc/inittab >> >> >> I'm using the following packages: >> >> koan-1.4.1-1.el5 >> python-virtinst-0.300.2-12.el5 >> libvirt-python-0.3.3-14.el5 >> virt-manager-0.5.3-10.el5 >> libvirt-0.3.3-14.el5 >> xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5 >> xen-3.0.3-80.el5 >> kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 >> >> cobbler-1.4.1-1.el5 >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Nick >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
