Hi, I had been running kvm in a previous version of Ubuntu with the following command line: /usr/bin/kvm -hda /mnt/kvm/vm-images-work/nanobsd.img -net nic,vlan=26,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:26 -net tap,vlan=26,ifname=tap26 -net nic,vlan=27,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:27 -net tap,vlan=27,ifname=tap27 -net nic,vlan=28,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:28 -net tap,vlan=28,ifname=tap28 -m 640 -vnc :26 -usbdevice tablet The vm shows couple if lines in console and then redirects rest of the output to serial console. I can see that in ctrl-alt-3 of vncviewer ctrl-alt-2 gives access to emulation console and 4 gives access to parallel console. After upgrading to latest Intrepid Ibex I decided to move to using virsh to manage my vms. For the above vm I am using the following xml file. <domain type='kvm'> <name>nanobsd</name> <memory>262144</memory> <currentMemory>262144</currentMemory> <vcpu>1</vcpu> <os> <type>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> </features> <clock offset='localtime'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <source file='/mnt/kvm/vm-images-work/nanotest.img'/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> </disk> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:12:34:31'/> <source bridge='br0'/> </interface> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:12:34:32'/> <source bridge='br0'/> </interface> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:12:34:33'/> <source bridge='br0'/> </interface> <serial type='vc'> <target port='2'/> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </console> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5931' listen='192.168.3.3'/> </devices> </domain> Which produces the following command line. /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc -m 256 -smp 1 -name nanobsd -monitor pty -localtime -boot c -drive file=/mnt/kvm/vm-images-work/nanotest.img,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:31,vlan=0 -net tap,fd=28,script=,vlan=0,ifname=vnet5 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:32,vlan=1 -net tap,fd=29,script=,vlan=1,ifname=vnet6 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:33,vlan=2 -net tap,fd=30,script=,vlan=2,ifname=vnet7 -serial vc -parallel none -usb -vnc 192.168.3.3:31 Problem with this configuration is that the screen freezes after couple of minuets of booting, I am not sure if this is the problem with the serial console or actual execution. I can see the serial console in ctrl-alt-2, but the window size changes. The image works perfectly in normal PC as well as if I use the previous command line. I guess I am missing some thing here, but I would be very happy if I can get the old behaviour back :) raj