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I am having problem trying to get CentOS 7 Graphical installer to work on XenServer 6.5 (Service pack 1).

I have used CentOS 7 template.

Graphical installer does not work, getting blank screen with cursor only.

I have tried increasing RAM to 2GB and still no luck.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

I'll-Be-Back
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  • As an aside to anyone else searching around: I was using TightVNC on a Windows client (usually plays nice with Xen) and experienced this issue. Using RealVNC worked fine. – s.co.tt Dec 28 '16 at 20:48

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You need to start the installer with inst.vnc option. Select option "Install CentOS 7" and then press [tab]. Remove 'quiet' and add 'inst.vnc' to kernel command line. Press [enter].

Selecting VNC installation mode.

After that, wait till the kernel spins up, and you'll end up with the following message:

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All you need to do now is use vnc client to connect to IP shown in the message. Port is the standard one, 5901.

Jakov Sosic
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When you getting blank screen with blinking cursor, just restart XenCenter and navigate to the tab "Console" of the new VM and you will see correctly presented GUI.

T. Ashot
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