Re: Encrypting boot partition Libvirt not showing the OS booting up

On 10/12/20 1:10 PM, john doe wrote: > On 10/12/2020 5:14 PM, Michal Privoznik wrote: >> On 10/12/20 4:27 PM, john doe wrote: >>> On 10/12/2020 4:09 PM, Peter Krempa wrote: >>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 16:05:43 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote: >>>>> On 10/12/20 2:14 PM, john doe wrote: >>>>>>> <snip/> >>>>>> >>>>>> I sent privately the requested xml file to 'Peter Krempa >>>>>> <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt;&#39;. >>>>>> Peter Krempa 's privately answered me back suggesting to add the >>>>>> following in the domain xml file: >>>>> >>>>> Solving things privately doesn't help the community. >>>> >>>> Additionally it doesn't help solving the problem, since it's now >>>> opaque >>>> to others what the problem might be. >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> <bios useserial='yes'/> under <os> >>>> >>>> I've suggested this as the outputs I've got privately hinted that the >>>> console (as in virsh console) didn't get to asking for the password, >>>> while the manually-started-qemu did. >>>> >>>> Thus the problem actually doesn't have to do with encryption or >>>> wahatver, but the console doesn't plainly work. >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> such as ... >>>>>> >>>>>>      <os> >>>>>>        <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-3.1'>hvm</type> >>>>>>        <boot dev='hd'/> >>>>>>        <bios useserial='yes'/> >>>>>>      </os> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Try adding: >>>>> >>>>>      <loader type='rom'>/usr/share/seabios/bios.bin</loader> >> >> Darn, this should have been sgabios: /usr/share/sgabios/sgabios.bin >> but if your seabios is new enough (v1.11.0 and newer) then this is not >> needed as seabios itself is capable of serial interface. And looking at >> earlier e-mails in the thread you have v1.12.0-1 you you're good and >> don't need to add <loader/> at all. >> >> But honestly, I don't know why you are not getting the console. Could it >> be that you are getting the console and the qemu is waiting for your >> input, i.e. what happens if you type in the password? >> > > Nothing happened at all if I try to type the password. > Yes, so am I , I'm totaly lost on why it does not work. > > How can I find the command libvirt is passing to qemu? The qemu command issued by libvirt can be found at the end of /etc/libvirt/qemu/${guestname}.log