Re: [Xen-users] xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory

[Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sadique Puthen wrote:
> Todd Deshane wrote:
> > On Feb 7, 2008 11:47 AM, Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Feb 7, 2008 1:58 AM, Hamid Majidy <hamid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >    
> > > > Hello Xen user list. This is to request installation help for a Xen 
> > > > 3.1
> > > > guest domain. Xen installation source was CentOS 5.1 DVD. Dom0 and 
> > > > a guest
> > > > (clientdom) have been installed, but clientdom cannot be connected to.
> > > > Issuing command "xm create -c clientdom" generates message lines:
> > > >
> > > >   Using config file "./clientdom".
> > > >
> > > >   Started domain clientdom
> > > >
> > > >   xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
> > > >
> > > > "xen top" shows clientdom (as well as Domain-0) started, but "xm 
> > > > console
> > > > clientdom" produces the same error, "xenconsole: Could not read tty 
> > > > from
> > > > store: No such file or directory."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >       
> > > HVM guests as far as I know don't yet support consoles. You should use
> > > either sdl=1 or vnc=1.
> > >
> > > If you use vnc you should make sure that xen-config.sxp has the vnc
> > > options enabled and configured to your liking. You may also need to
> > > manually start the vncviewer to see the guest console. The default
> > > setting when enabled let's you do vncviewer localhost.
> > >
> > >     
> > Also, don't pass the -c on the command line, since you can't get an
> > initial (text) console with the HVM guest.
> >   
> This is not true. If you are running a Linux/Unix guest as HVM, you 
> can get the initial boot messages and text console if you pass -c to 
> the "xm create", but only after you configured your kernel to pass 
> boot messages to serial console. Start up of a linux hvm guest on my 
> system looks as below.
< --snip -->

Ok, so how does one fix this problem? I'm having the exact same problem 
(xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such    file or 
directory) when trying to install CentOS 5.1 i386 or Fedora Core 7 i386 
on CentOS 5.1 x64
--

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