[SOLVED] How to get Xterm working with Ubuntu VM?

[banana999]

I've got an Ubuntu server vm running, how do I get the xterm console on the Proxmox GUI to work with it?

I've been through https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Serial_Terminal
and https://lnxgeek.wordpress.com/2018/02/16/serial-console-howto-ubuntu-16-04/

But have not had any luck, any pointers? It just stays stuck on "starting serial terminal on interface serial0"

 

[aaron]

What have you tried?

I just tested it, added the serial0 device, started the VM and added the unit file as described in the second link. Enabled it and started it.
The already opened xterm window showed the login prompt a moment later.

 

[banana999]

What have you tried?

I just tested it, added the serial0 device, started the VM and added the unit file as described in the second link. Enabled it and started it.
The already opened xterm window showed the login prompt a moment later.

Exactly that, I added the lines to the grub file and rebooted too.

I left it running for a bit longer this time to see if anything happens, this showed up after a while, but still can't do anything else:

[   67.587809] random: crng init done
[   67.588586] random: 7 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting

 

[aaron]

Hmm, you did reboot the VM (not from within the VM, but PVE) after you added the serial0 port? What is the status of the ttyS0 service?
systemctl status ttyS0.service

 

[banana999]

Hmm, you did reboot the VM (not from within the VM, but PVE) after you added the serial0 port? What is the status of the ttyS0 service?
systemctl status ttyS0.service

Just tried that too. Seems to be running:

● ttyS0.service - Serial Console Service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ttyS0.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-01-08 09:39:31 UTC; 24s ago
 Main PID: 1046 (getty)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 2317)
   CGroup: /system.slice/ttyS0.service
           └─1046 /sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyS0 vt102

Jan 08 09:39:31 ubuntu systemd[1]: Started Serial Console Service.

 

[aaron]

This might sound stupid, but have you tried to hit the enter key? The fact that kernel messages show up suggests that it is working. The login prompt might only show if you give it some input though.

 

[banana999]

This might sound stupid, but have you tried to hit the enter key? The fact that kernel messages show up suggests that it is working. The login prompt might only show if you give it some input though.

... oh my god I can't believe that was it
Didn't even think of that because the Proxmox host xterm just straight up shows the prompt, thanks!!!

 

[aaron]

Well, sometimes it's the little things . Can you please edit the first post and mark the thread as solved?

 

[eleven45]

My sincere apologies bumping up an old thread, but I've have a look and experimented with the instruction in both links above with no luck.
Although my situation is slightly different: I'm trying to access my windows 7 VMs via xterm.js in place of SPICE.
I hope someone can kindly point me in the right direction.
Thanks.

 

[tom]

My sincere apologies bumping up an old thread, but I've have a look and experimented with the instruction in both links above with no luck.
Although my situation is slightly different: I'm trying to access my windows 7 VMs via xterm.js in place of SPICE.
I hope someone can kindly point me in the right direction.
Thanks.

xterm.js is not available on Windows. Please open a new thread for new questions, do not post to a already solved thread dealing with another question.