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[Xen-API] FW: [xen-org/xen-api] 66083e: CA-63739: Fix console handling a

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From: Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:37:27 +0100
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Hi xen-api,

As of changeset 66083ee70 in xen-org/xen-api master there is experimental 
support for pure PV text consoles.

It's now possible to type:

$ xe console vm=myvm

to attach to the console, just like "xm console" and "xl console". This avoids 
having to mess around with port-forwarding and VNC, making debugging a lot 
easier.

From the XenAPI point of view, a PV guest now has 2 consoles, one with 
protocol=rfb and one with protocol=vt100. The vncterm VNC is still available 
via the protocol=rfb console.

Many thanks to Ewan Mellor (cc:d) who provided the necessary changes to vncterm 
to make this work!

Furthermore for the really adventurous, there is experimental experimental 
support for PVFB, activated by setting the option:

$ xe vm-param-set uuid=... platform:pvfb=true

Anecdotally this worked quite well for me when I installed a debian squeeze VM.

Cheers,
Dave Scott

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