[Fedora-xen] libvir: Xen error on Guest install - Fedora 6 64-bit
achan at jonathan360.com
achan at jonathan360.com
Thu Aug 30 19:07:26 UTC 2007
It appears that HVM does NOT support console. I haven't been able to
verifty that though, just from a few obscure posts I've read.
achan at jonathan360.com wrote:
> I'm having difficulties getting Xen to run on Fedora 6 64-bit. The
> host system is a dual core opteron server with 1gb of ram. This
> server does not have X installed and is only reachable via ssh, so any
> graphical tools can't be used.
>
> I have the following installed
>
> xen-3.0.3-9
> libvirt-0.3.1-1
> kernel-xen-2.6.20-1.3001
>
> The xen kernel loads fine:
>
> Linux removed.removed.com 2.6.20-1.3001.fc6xen #1 SMP Thu Aug 9
> 16:18:42 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> and domU is up and running:
>
> Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State
> Time(s)
> Domain-0 0 723 2 r-----
> 30.9
>
> When i use virt-install i get the following
>
> virt-install --nographic
> Would you like a fully virtualized guest (yes or no)? This will allow
> you to run unmodified operating systems. yes
> What is the name of your virtual machine? ostrich
> How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 256
> What would you like to use as the disk (path)?
> /usr/virtualServers/ostrich.iso
> How large would you like the disk (/usr/virtualServers/ostrich.iso) to
> be (in gigabytes)? 4
> What is the virtual CD image, CD device or install location?
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/x86_64/os/
>
> Starting install...
> libvir: Xen error : Domain not found: xenUnifiedDomainLookupByUUID
> Retrieving file Fedora... 286 kB
> 00:01
> Retrieving file boot.iso. 100% |=========================| 7.8 MB
> 00:17
> libvir: Xen error : Domain not found: xenUnifiedDomainLookupByName
> Creating storage file... 100% |=========================| 4.0 GB
> 00:00
> Creating domain... 0 B
> 00:01
> Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
> the console to complete the installation process.
>
> At this point I get dumped back to a command prompt. If i try to
> reconnect to the console, I get:
>
> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
>
> I have no idea what to do from this point. I have checked log files
> however I can't find what's wrong. xend.log shows
>
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:472)
> hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/3/768/hotplug-status.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:486)
> hotplugStatusCallback 1.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for
> devices irq.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for
> devices vkbd.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for
> devices vfb.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for
> devices pci.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for
> devices ioports.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for
> devices tap.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for
> devices vtpm.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] INFO (XendDomain:370) Domain ostrich
> (3) unpaused.
>
> and the qemu-dm log says
>
> domid: 1
> qemu: the number of cpus is 1
> shared page at pfn:ffff, mfn: 8cef
> buffered io page at pfn:fffd, mfn: 8cf1
> xs_read(): vncpasswd get error.
> /vm/6416a433-45ac-af5d-5a04-6f23be199dc4/vncpasswd.
> Could not initialize SDL - exiting
>
> I've spent three days with this and I haven't been able to find any
> help. I've found a lot of hints but nothing has worked. If someone
> can offer some assistance I'd greatly appreciate it!
>
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