[Fedora-xen] Re: [fedora-virt] virt-install (and virt-manager) unsupported virtualization type 'xen' with pv_ops dom0 on Fedora 10

[Cole Robinson]

Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 08:50:36PM +0200, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 01:45:11PM -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
>>> Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>>>> [root at dom0test ~]# virt-install --connect xen:/// -n vm01 -r 512 --vcpus=1 -f /dev/vg00/vm01 --vnc -p -l
>>>> "ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/i386/os"
>>>>
>>>> ERROR    Unsupported virtualization type 'xen'
>>>>
>>>> Hmm.. so that didn't help unfortunately.. Other ideas? 
>>>>
>>> Ah okay. Libvirt capabilities must be getting confused. Can you attach
>>> the output of
>>>
>>> virsh --connect xen:/// capabilities
>>> cat /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities
>>>
>> [root at dom0test ~]# virsh --connect xen:/// capabilities
>> <capabilities>
>>
>>   <host>
>>     <cpu>
>>       <arch>i686</arch>
>>       <features>
>>         <pae/>
>>       </features>
>>     </cpu>
>>     <migration_features>
>>       <live/>
>>       <uri_transports>
>>         <uri_transport>xenmigr</uri_transport>
>>       </uri_transports>
>>     </migration_features>
>>     <topology>
>>       <cells num='1'>
>>         <cell id='0'>
>>           <cpus num='2'>
>>             <cpu id='0'/>
>>             <cpu id='1'/>
>>           </cpus>
>>         </cell>
>>       </cells>
>>     </topology>
>>   </host>
>>
>> </capabilities>
>>
>> [root at dom0test ~]# cat /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities
>> cat: /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities: No such file or directory
>>
> 
> [root at dom0test ~]# ls -la /sys/hypervisor
> ls: cannot access /sys/hypervisor: No such file or directory
> 
> 

Hmm, well that will do it. Libvirt capabilities are what tell user apps
what types of domains can be installed, and generating xen capabilities
is largely dependent on the above paths. Not too sure what to do from here.

- Cole