On 22.05.21 18:52, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
... apologies if this isn't quite the right list, I tried to get the right one.  But, my problem: I'm firing up a Centos 6.5 box with virt-install, [...] and it boots fine, etc., etc., but I can't get to the console except through vnc; "virsh console" just shows a blank screen. 
1. I think this is absolutely the right list for your issue

2. is it really blank? or something like

    Connected to domain '[domain]'
    Escape character is ^] (Ctrl + ])


3. If I am not mistaken the guest needs to be configured in a certain way for virsh console [domain] to work. I can't say how though