From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Tue Aug 14 05:09:40 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C981106BEB2 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:09:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pratiy0100@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ed1-f43.google.com (mail-ed1-f43.google.com [209.85.208.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C68E67E97A for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:09:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pratiy0100@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ed1-f43.google.com with SMTP id f23-v6so9418210edr.11 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:09:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=nIIHSLccH4WiW5/t41ZCQgsDRCCOpiWhzpr8oaYWbpk=; b=uXATAGUJXNrr+pilp51Fvn11DbhETZxneR91UrdybKgYejne/miIqe7EGHNX3DIkGc ZGUh+QpA6rd4l80eCOq22kpIbcolbdFvtpQeaSsxofb6jY+4jqU9c8KNX4IAknUaae3h qaqkmuuva6XZZGsvnINkQcEZfIOu31qPQCLY4PtnfhNfmg2g8zZb0+M6MR9iUDUB/iDD YoVRrQgKHfsEIWmT1mURArKhyp+yTGwNxSn8pQOJNFz0OU0vIFJNJhx6TY7pwd+b8r+N Lhr9KrTLP11kyukAGiWtmGCPolc38DPp1fVLAHTn8bhBzpANU5zpEr0SY9GarRqjlAPN QgqQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlEBX3vFm4bRKCq8Ypj/klnGimTKfnvozh/b3+eK44Z0O0y5hlAt UpKnEE20FPOzCGw3XASHlDYdTGVFTY0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA+uWPy8RorWWeaDbNSj6/2DjHtia8mwS4hboP8L6nMMNXNlxCiU322dMBCnIzbZijndFsRjuOey7A== X-Received: by 2002:a50:d54a:: with SMTP id f10-v6mr7325782edj.151.1534223378072; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:09:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ed1-f50.google.com (mail-ed1-f50.google.com. [209.85.208.50]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q5-v6sm6918840edn.83.2018.08.13.22.09.37 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:09:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ed1-f50.google.com with SMTP id f23-v6so9418200edr.11 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:09:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a50:b178:: with SMTP id l53-v6mr25380198edd.306.1534223377496; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:09:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Pratyush Yadav Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:39:01 +0530 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Xen host on FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE To: steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:09:40 -0000 On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 8:19 AM Steven Friedrich wrote: > > I have a new HP Slimline Desktop 290-p0014 which features an Intel i7-8700 and no com ports. > I was hoping to create a FreeBSD Xen host to explore various Linux distros. > I was following along with chapter 21.8 FreeBSD as a Xen -Host. > I did a fresh install, pkg install xen and when I rebooted it displayed in blue Booting, but then it turned red. > I have no serial console because I have no com port. > Can anyone involved with Xen try this and reveal anything not disclosed in the Handbook? > I am using handbook rev 52113 modified on 2018-08-12 08:50:20 by eadler. I'm not quite sure I understand your question, but I assume your screen turns blank after booting, and stays like that. If so, then that is the default behavior. Xen by default does not keep using the vga console. Add this to your command line parameters (the xen_cmdline option in your /boot/loader.conf): vga=current,keep So if you are using the default Xen command line options specified in the handbook page, your xen_cmdline should look something like: xen_cmdline="dom0_mem=8192M dom0_max_vcpus=4 dom0pvh=1 console=com1,vga com1=115200,8n1 guest_loglvl=all loglvl=all vga=current,keep" If this does not work, try doing vga=ask,keep and then play around with the different vga mode options (try the text- options first). Check out this document for more details on the Xen command line options [0]. Also, freebsd-xen@freebsd.org would be a better place for Xen related questions. Regards, Pratyush Yadav [0] https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/4.6-testing/misc/xen-command-line.html