Description of problem: When I enter "Ctrl-Alt-2" to change a CDROM during installation, the guest's conslole don't turn into QEMU monitor. I understand this behavior because the QEMU monitor would not be secure. So, "xm create" command and config file add "monitor" option at xen-unstable changeset 14822. Please apply this option for xen package and handle this option for libvirt, python-virtinst and virt-manager. - Intel T2400 host machine, 1.83 Ghz, 2 GB ram. - fedora7 test4 installed - Make HVM domain to use virt-manager to install a guest on multiple CDROMs / ISO images. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-xen-2.6.20-2925.5.fc7 xen-3.0.4-9.fc7 xen-libs-3.0.4-9.fc7 libvirt-0.2.2-1.fc7 libvirt-python-0.2.2-1.fc7 python-virtinst-0.103.0-2.fc7 virt-manager-0.4.0-1.fc7 Steps to Reproduce: 1. HVM domain create to install a guest on multiple CDROMs / ISO images using virt-manager or virt-install command. 2. Enter "Ctrl-Alt-2" on the guest console when the guest installer demand to change the next cdrom / ISO image.
libvirt now has explicit API support for changing CDROM media. There is a button in virt-manager to do this. As previously noted, exposing the QEMU monitor console is a security risk & serves no purpose since its actions are available via real APIs.