[libvirt] Unable to get libvirt working with KVM using direct kernel boot.

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 03:07:38PM +0300, Tiit Kaeeli wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to get libvirt to manage a KVM virtual machine on Debian 
> squeeze with multiple relevant parts included form unstable (because of 
> need for gpt partition tables, Intel 82576 nic etc).
> 
> Unfortunately the VM does not seem to boot. I will see a quemu prompt on 
> /dev/pts/1. (Tried pressing c on it, but no difference). Nothing will 
> appear on /dev/pts/2, /dev/pts/3 or when I type
> virsh console vm1_storage.
> 
> If I grab the kvm command line generated by libvirt using ps and run it 
> manually, it works fine. (Starts booting after I press c on /dev/pts/1 or 
> remove the -S option from the command line)

libvirt does this automatically, it starts it with -S, does a few things
to configure the VM, then runs 'cont' to let CPUs start.

> Libvirt configuration file:
> 
> <domain type='kvm'>
>   <name>vm1_storage</name>
>   <uuid>29bfac01-b24d-e4ab-e741-f33f7e880d9d</uuid>
>   <memory>4096000</memory>
>   <currentMemory>4096000</currentMemory>
>   <vcpu>6</vcpu>

Always worth setting vcpu=1 just to eliminate  SMP as a cause
of trouble.

>   <os>
>     <type>hvm</type>
>     <kernel>/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64</kernel>
>     <initrd>/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-amd64</initrd>
>     <cmdline>"root=UUID=98d6d3d7-3782-4f6b-a94f-bc0272c0289d ro 
>     console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"</cmdline>
>   </os>

You don't have any <graphics> configured, so console=tty0 is not
applicable there - only get a serial console on ttyS0 with this
XML config.

>   <features>
>     <acpi/>
>     <pae/>
>   </features>
>   <clock offset='utc'/>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>   <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
>     <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>       <source dev='/dev/vm_lvm/vm01_storage_root'/>
>       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>     </disk>
>     <interface type='ethernet'>
>       <mac address='52:54:00:12:34:56'/>
>       <target dev='tap0'/>
>     </interface>

Worth trying to remove the etherenet device too to see if that's
a cause of trouble.

>     <serial type='pty'>
>       <target port='0'/>
>     </serial>
>     <console type='pty'>
>       <target port='0'/>
>     </console>
>   </devices>
> </domain>

[snip]

> Versions in use:
> 
> kvm 85+dfsg-4

kvm 85 is a development snapshot release from upstream KVM. IIRC kvm-85
was a particularly buggy one. You should try other KVM versions, either
kvm-86/87, etc   or better yet, one from the stable upstream releaxe
series  qemu-kvm-0.10.x

Regards,
Daniel
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