Other Messages

xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory

This message usually shows up in response to an attempt to connect to a domain's virtual console (especially when Xen's kernel doesn't match its userland; for example, if we've upgraded Xen's supporting tools without changing the hypervisor).

If this is a paravirtualized domain, first try killing and restarting the xenconsoled process. Make sure it dies. We have seen cases where xenconsoled hangs and must be killed with a -9.

# pkill xenconsoled && /usr/sbin/xenconsoled

Then reconnect with xm console.

If the problem persists, you're most likely trying to access a domain that doesn't have the necessary Xen frontend console device configured in. There are several possibilities: ...

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