Re: [Xen-devel] xen console on laptop screen

[Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dan,

Funny, i was trying to get the same working ..doing some grub magic myself.

I now have the following:
- normal console on tty1
- serial console on hvc0

- All log output from hypervisor and kernel on both consoles
- Login on normal tty1 console
- Xen hypervisor console (3x ctrl-a still required) on the serial console


--

Sander



This is the grub magic i use (don't know if it's correct, but it works, so 
therefore it must be ;-) )

title           Xen-3.4.2-amd64 / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 
2.6.29.6-amd64-xenified-dom0
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /xen-3.4.2.gz dom0_mem=768M com1=115200,8n1 console=com1,vga
module          /vmlinuz-2.6.29.6 root=/dev/mapper/serveerstertje-root ro 
pci=nomsi console=hvc0 console=tty1 earlyprintk=xen
module          /initrd.img-2.6.29.6



And relevant part inittab:




# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
#
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
# characters of the device (after "tty").
#
# Format:
#  <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
#4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 vcsa
#5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
#6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

h0:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L hvc0 115200 vt100









Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 9:49:18 PM, you wrote:

> Sorry for the possibly silly question.  No luck
> with various googling.

> I have a Dell laptop, booting xen-unstable, dom0 kernel
> is the linux-2.6.18-xen.hg from xenbits but running in
> a full RHEL5u3 boot/environment.  (X fails to
> come up properly on the laptop display, but I can
> access a full graphical virtual display via vnc.)

> I'd like to be able to access the Xen console from
> the laptop keyboard/display, e.g. to see Xen console
> output and to type ^A^A^A to get back and forth from
> Xen to dom0, and use debug keys to Xen console.

> Is this possible?

> If so, could you tell me what the magic grub parameters
> are, and any other changes inside the dom0 filesystem
> (e.g. /etc/inittab??)

> If not (I'm told keyboard input may be an issue), I
> can move cables and use the laptop serial port, but
> that's much more of a pain... and I tried it once
> without luck, probably not getting the grub magic
> correct (though I've gotten external console to work
> successfully on a different machine).  Any suggestions
> or help on serial port configuration for a laptop
> would be appreciated then too.

> Thanks,
> Dan





-- 
Best regards,
 Sander                            mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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