thank you !

it was set to "console=ttyS0" (copy/paste from my xen server install).
when set to "console=pc", I get the console and X :-)

> On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:45:51PM +0100, Joel CARNAT wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed and booted xen3 on my Dell D420.
>> It seems to boot well expect I can't access the console.
>> I can access the system via ssh but the console seems frozen on (XEN)
>> message output:
>> <snip>
>> (XEN) Scrubbing Free RAM: ..........done.
>> (XEN) Xen trace buffers: disabled
>>
>> When I type things on the keyboard, they appear on the screen,
>> owerwritting the (XEN) messages but it's like I was in vi in editing
>> mode - that is, nothing happens on my strikes (even Ctrl-C).
>>
>> Find my dmesg attached, but I didn't found any usefull message.
>
> It looks like xencons is used as console instead of VGA. You need to
> use 'console=ttyS0' or 'console=pc' on the netbsd line in grub.conf
>