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    noVNC weird problems (containers console is blurried and on VM keyboard layout it's almost unable to write anything that isn't letters & numbers)

    I have a single 6.4-15 proxmox node with some containers and VM. For all my containers console look like: For all my VM I can only write the following characters: I can't write "/", which limits a lot to navigate through the FS or to set IP/CIDR. This is locking me out of a backuped VM...
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    S.M.A.R.T.: Can I tell PVE somehow to use 'smart -d sat' for my external drive?

    The PVE GUI returns S.M.A.R.T. status unknown on my external disk. This mirrors what smartctl tells me on the command line root@pve:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.60-1-pve] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke...
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    [SOLVED] Websocket connection invalid pvevnc ticket

    Hello Reading through the API call I can successfuly make request to the following endpoints: post - api2/json/access/ticket post - api2/json/nodes/node/lxc/vmid/vncproxy get api2/json/nodes/node/lxc/vmid/vncwebsocket From these (besides other things) I have the pvevnc-ticket, the websocket...
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    [SOLVED] VM Console not responding to keyboard

    I successfully installed Ubuntu Server on my VM, but am unable to login because the console doesn't respond to my keyboard. Any advice? I'm currently using the noVNC console, the other two options SPICE and xterm are greyed out. Whats odd is I am able to use the shell of the host node, but...
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    Empty/black console with LXC "tty"

    Hello, I created an LXC container with the "debian-11-standard_11.3-1_amd64.tar.zst" template. When I'm trying to access the console it's empty. I can't do anything with it. I have to switch the "Console mode" to "shell" to make it work. What can cause this? I tried to press enter or any other...
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    [SOLVED] Console is using SPICE instead of noVNC

    Hello, when opening a console of a VM, it used to open noVNC per default. Now, probably after the update from 7.1 to 7.2, PVE downloads a spice file "pve-spice.vv". According to https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/SPICE: "Spice is not enabled by default. To enable it set the Display in the Hardware...
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    Issue when accessing Proxmox console after enabling the firewall

    Hi Guys, We have actually configured our proxmox firewall in order to restrict all INPUT access to the cluster and only allowed some services which need public access. We have also blocked the dashboard access to 8006 since exposing this port to the public might be risky. After enabling the...
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    [SOLVED] Unable to open console to Ubuntu 16.04 container on Proxmox 7.1 with systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0

    Hi, I'm trying to install a new container with Ubuntu 16.04 on Proxmox 7.1. According to https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-pct.html#pct_cgroup_compat, it is possible with customized boot options. I have followed recommendations and I can see that my kernel cmdline is properly updated...
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    [SOLVED] Console welcome banner incorrect IP

    HI everyone, This could easily affect more than PBS (e.g. PVE) without me having seen this behaviour before, but PBS 2.0-10 welcome banner on console is stating the old/original IP that it was installed with. After moving it to a new physical location on a different network, on a different...
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    Increase the FPS of the console

    I'm looking for the best configuration to maximize graphics performance in the console. For now the best performance increase I have obtained by increasing the amount of memory dedicated to the display, the type of display does not seem to make a big difference. The biggest problem is the...
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    xterm.js console doesnt set terminal size correctly

    Hi, The xterm.js terminal doesnt set the terminal size correctly causing the text to not wrap and overwrite the text on the current line The xterm.js console tries to set the tty size by sending "1:<cols>:<rows>:" over the websocket, however, this doesnt work Example: The actual tty size...
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    Firefox - CTRL or SHIFT or ALT not working in Guest VM

    Proxmox 6.4 / Firefox 88.0.1 My journey with Firefox issues continues. Now I'm unable to use CTRL- or SHIFT- or ALT -keys in the console of a guest in Firefox. In Chromium it works just fine. Each of these do not work and it's not a matter of the issues with CTRL-ALT-SHIFT issues in the past...
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    Console not catching control characters

    I am checking the configuration of the updates in /etc/apt/sources.list using nano. I am unable to exit the nano console because the Control character is not caught by the console: when I type CTRL + X to exit the page, it types a 'X' instead. Please note: I have installed PBS in a VM within...
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    Unable to run shutdown/poweroff from console with user account.

    In an attempt to give employees an opportunity to shutdown the servers before the power goes out if I'm unreachable, I created a role with only Sys.Console and Sys.PowerMgmt permissions. I then made a "shutdown" group and a "shutdown" user and assigned the role to the group with the only user...
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    Web panel not available

    Hallo, . Heute habe ich Proxmox zum ersten Mal gehört und auf meine alten Debian 10-Server geladen, aber auch ich unter https: // ip: 8006 auf die Website gehört wurde, ist nichts verloren und die Konsole hat den Fehler erhalten: Der Job für pvestatd.service ist fehlgeschlagen, da der...
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    Object "Who"

    Where can I find records from blacklisе, object "who"? I mean in the console (path to the file)
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox VE 6.3-2 - Console connection timeout, task type: vncproxy

    Hi, This will be my first request for help regarding Proxmox VE, so please be gentle with a noob! I have a brand new installation of 6.3-2 (latest build), and I have performed apt-get upgrade to get latest updates. However, this is my third attempt at a new build (previous was with 6.2 &...
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    Console funktioniert nur Lokal unter Chrome?

    Hallo, ich habe einen Dedicated Server und einen Lokal im Heimnetz, auf beiden Laufen Proxmox VE und ich habe das Problem das ich mit der Console auf dem lokalen Proxmox ohne probleme per Chrome zugreifen kann aber auf dem Dedicated Server geht das nicht, wenn ich einen anderen Browser nutze...
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    Intel GVT-g GPU and no other video card

    I have Windows VMs with just an Intel GVT-g GPU and Display set to None (so there's no other video card present in the VM). How can I still obtain access to the console via noVNC, SPICE, or anything else?
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    Unicode support in the web console

    Dear proxmox community, I need your help regarding unicode. I have edited a file with emacs and inserted french characters (é...). In emacs, some of them are shown correctly, but when I try with less or cat they are not printed correctly. Here's how it's displayed with cat Here's the...

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