I had the same problem, the solution that worked for me was to uncomment line 257 in /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf serial_device = hvc0 #default Now I'm able to console into the Lenny DomU and instead of this in /etc/inittab on the DomU: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 I get this: 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 hvc0 Cheers, AlainReceived on Mon Mar 30 2009 - 07:36:42 BST