[ec2-beta] Instances show no console output, do not respond?

[Martin Meredith]

I've generally found that any AMI run won't show console output until
it's shutdown :(

On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 09:25 -0600, Eric wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've made 3 instances and none have shown any console output even
> though they say "running" in ec2-describe-instances
> 
> I can not ssh or get the server to respond to ssh ether.
> 
> Is this a common problem? I've waited 30 minutes to see any output and
> tried sending a restart command to no avail.
> 
> I dont want to be paying for an instance that has no console output
> and is unusable.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Eric
>