------- Comment From cborntra@de.ibm.com 2021-06-16 13:53 EDT------- It might also be helpful to configure the kvm in a way to have a 2nd console redirected into a file e.g. add <console type='file'> <source path='/var/log/guest.log' append='on'/> <target type='sclplm' port='1'/> </console> to the libvirt xml to also have the line mode console (and then redirected to a file). Inside the guest you should add console=ttyS0 console=ttyS1 to the kernel command line to get kernel messages on both consoles. ------- Comment From cborntra@de.ibm.com 2021-06-16 13:55 EDT------- kernel loglevel on the kernel command line would be loglevel=7 (see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt) ------- Comment From cborntra@de.ibm.com 2021-06-16 14:00 EDT------- Can you check the host dmesg for any error messages (or /var/log/libvirt/qemu/xxx.log ?