I installed keymaps on the box with stock Xen 4.1 in expected by xen location /usr/share/qemu/keymaps root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps# ls ar de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl pl ru th common de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk nl-be pt sl tr da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt modifiers no pt-br sv root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps# cd ../../ root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share# mkdir qemu root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share# cd qemu ********************************** Create directory as required by Xen ********************************** root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share/qemu# mkdir keymaps root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share/qemu# cd keymaps root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share/qemu/keymaps# pwd /usr/share/qemu/keymaps root@boris-P5Q-E:/usr/share/qemu/keymaps# cp /usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps/* . Not sure it was quite correct action, but it changes "xl" behavior HVM - log file follows bellow ************************************************************* 1. Attempt to start HVM report ( submitted to Stefano Stabelini) ************************************************************* Keymaps installed Now: root@boris-P5Q-E:~/vms/natty# xl create f14.hvm Parsing config file f14.hvm xc: info: VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT: Loader: 0000000000100000->000000000017b150 TOTAL: 0000000000000000->000000007f800000 ENTRY ADDRESS: 0000000000101580 xc: info: PHYSICAL MEMORY ALLOCATION: 4KB PAGES: 0x0000000000000200 2MB PAGES: 0x00000000000003fb 1GB PAGES: 0x0000000000000000 Daemon running with PID 32668 root@boris-P5Q-E:~/vms/natty# vncviewer localhost:0 VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.1 for X - built Apr 9 2010 18:41:55 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd. See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. Mon Jul 18 17:36:33 2011 main: unable to connect to host: Connection refused (111) LOG FILE :- root@boris-P5Q-E:/var/log/xen# cat qemu-dm-F14HVM.log domid: 236 -videoram option does not work with cirrus vga device model. Videoram set to 4M. Using file /dev/sda5 in read-write mode Using file /dev/loop0 in read-only mode Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/236/logdirty/cmd Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/236/command Watching /local/domain/236/cpu char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000 size 4194304 shared page at pfn feffd buffered io page at pfn feffb Guest uuid = b5a57be5-1097-4021-b3a7-56133c229c16 populating video RAM at ff000000 mapping video RAM from ff000000 Register xen platform. Done register platform. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/236/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error xs_read(): vncpasswd get error. /vm/b5a57be5-1097-4021-b3a7-56133c229c16/vncpasswd. medium change watch on `hdc' (index: 1): /dev/loop0 I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 Log-dirty: no command yet. vcpu-set: watch node error. xs_read(/local/domain/236/log-throttling): read error qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `/local/domain/236/log-throttling' medium change watch on `/local/domain/236/log-throttling' - unknown device, ignored ****************************************************************** 2. VFB appears to work with same issues as under Xen 4.2 Unstable ******************************************************************* Yes , install keymaps brings VFB But, attempt to install F15 PV domU gives just a part of required screen VFB window with alive mouse pointer, for F14 PV install - VFB window is good. But mouse pointer is dead.