| If you are... | Action | |--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | Running a normal Windows/Linux desktop VM | – no impact | | Running a headless server with serial console | Connect to a file or physical port | | Developing drivers with WinDbg or gdb over serial| Configure named pipe correctly | | Annoyed by the log message | Remove serial port or connect to /dev/null | | Seeing VM power failures together with this msg | Look elsewhere – this is not the cause |
Locate the folder where your VM files are stored and find the file. Open it with a text editor (like Notepad). Find and delete the following lines: serial0.fileType = "thinprint" serial0.fileName = "thinprint" serial0.present = "TRUE" Save the file and restart the VM. Method 3: Disable "Connect at Power On" virtual device serial0 will start disconnected