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VGA console
Dear Xen Users,

I am trying to install Xen with Ubuntu and Debian with different methods. I tried to use the packages from the package manager, I also compiled Xen natively from source, but the final result is always the same. There are no errors in Xen log - everything seems fine. Xen stops finally with the message: "(XEN) Xen is relinquishing VGA console." System pauses for a second, then screen is filled in black colour, starting from the top of the screen all the way down to the bottom line. After that, nothing happens, and I'm left with a blank screen and nothing works. Do you know anything about this issue? Is it possible that my hardware setup is old, or something cannot work well? I am using a Lenovo T450 laptop actually if it helps. I also tried out to connect to a second monitor with a VGA cable, I tried to use legacy boot option, use the external screen during the boot, but nothing happens. Did anybody have similar experience?

Thank you in advance for the help.

Best regards,

M?rton S?nta


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Re: VGA console [ In reply to ]
On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 10:13 AM Sánta, Márton (ext) <
Marton.Santa@knorr-bremse.com> wrote:

> Dear Xen Users,
>
>
>
> I am trying to install Xen with Ubuntu and Debian with different methods.
> I tried to use the packages from the package manager, I also compiled Xen
> natively from source, but the final result is always the same. There are no
> errors in Xen log - everything seems fine. Xen stops finally with the
> message: “(XEN) Xen is relinquishing VGA console.” System pauses for a
> second, then screen is filled in black colour, starting from the top of the
> screen all the way down to the bottom line. After that, nothing happens,
> and I’m left with a blank screen and nothing works. Do you know anything
> about this issue? Is it possible that my hardware setup is old, or
> something cannot work well? I am using a Lenovo T450 laptop actually if it
> helps. I also tried out to connect to a second monitor with a VGA cable, I
> tried to use legacy boot option, use the external screen during the boot,
> but nothing happens. Did anybody have similar experience?
>

If there's a "text boot" option, that might be helpful; alternately look
for options like 'quiet' or anything which sets the mode to a different VGA
mode and remove that from your grub config.

-George