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It's becoming likely that the problem is to do with xen paravirt vs hvm. Here a a few more samples.<br>A guest, created on another system. The config file copied to /etc/xen and adjusted to this lenny.<br><br>....................................................<br><br>virsh # define /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml<br>Domain SimplyMepis defined from /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml<br><br>virsh # create /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml<br>Domain SimplyMepis created from /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml<br><br>virsh # list<br> Id Name State<br>----------------------------------<br> 0 Domain-0 running<br> 2 lenny01 idle<br> 6 SimplyMepis no state<br><br>virsh # vncdisplay SimplyMepis<br><br>virsh # console SimplyMepis<br>No console available for domain<br><br>idella@debian:~$ sudo xm console SimplyMepis<br>xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory<br><br>..............................<br><br>This guest came up perfectly well on the other system. On this one, it produces the bug. Console not active for guest.<br>I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that this xenconsole error is related to hvm.<br><br>Let's take a paravirt from the other system, lenny-net.xml Make it iin virsh as above, and <br><br>.........See <b>Screenshot-4.png and Screenshot-5.png</b>..............................<br><br><br>virsh #console lenny-net<br><br>.......................<br>......................<br>Starting periodic command scheduler: crond.<br><br>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 lenny-net hvc0<br><br>lenny-net login: <br>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 lenny-net hvc0<br><br>lenny-net login: <br><br>..........................................<br><br>It made it to console login. Screenshot-4.png shows it does connect to vnc, then it blanks out when it gets to login.<br>virsh shows it can get to the console. xm would di the same. It's a minimal net install, I'm sure graphical display isn't installed,<br>so that's a xen good result.<br><br>Now here is just the right example. Taken from the xen live cd. There's a package that takes a lenny install, then boots it up in paravirt OR hvm, from rtwo different scripys provided in the cd. I wish I had looked at this ages ago, it explains much.<br>I'm currentl installing it from the provided script, but it's basically a clone of the above guest. <br><br>We have xm-debian-curses.cfg and xm-debian-vfb.cfg. The first<br><br>idella@debian:~$ xm create -c /etc/xen/xm-debian-curses.cfg<br><br>..............................<br>.............................<br>.............................<br>Starting internet superserver: inetd.<br>Starting Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.<br>Not starting S.M.A.R.T. daemon smartd, disabled via /etc/default/smartmontools (warning).<br>Starting the Winbind daemon: winbind.<br>Starting DHCP D-Bus daemon: dhcdbd.<br>Starting Hardware abstraction layer: hald.<br>Starting network connection manager: NetworkManager.<br>Starting network events dispatcher: NetworkManagerDispatcher.<br>Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm.<br>Starting System Tools Backends: system-tools-backends.<br>Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): [ 15.516007] NET: Registered protocol family 5<br>eth0: disabled.<br>atalkd: zero interfaces, exiting.<br>Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron.<br>Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd.<br>Starting periodic command scheduler: crond.<br><br>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 lenny-net hvc0<br><br>lenny-net login: <br><br><br><b>Makes it all the way to login.</b><br><br>and <br><br>idella@debian:~$ sudo xm create /etc/xen/xm-debian-vfb.cfg<br>Using config file "/etc/xen/xm-debian-vfb.cfg".<br>Started domain lenny0s<br>idella@debian:~$ <br><br> .................<i>See<b> Screenshot-6.png</b></i>...................<br>.................. See <br><br>Makes it all the way to a blue screen, which is I assume an incomplete, minimal net lenny install.<br><br><br>libvirt makes a strong appearance in syslog this time. I've included the syslog. Today is 22nd, and<br>all its content represents this single session today while all these demos were taking place.<br><br>That outlines how xen is performing in a number of differeny angles.<br><br>If you can't figure it from here, then it's too intricate and tricky.<br><br>I hope this gets through to debian bugs, The last two got lost.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br> <br /><hr />Looking for a hot date? <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/150855801/direct/01/' target='_new'>View photos of singles in your area!</a></body>
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