[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#368531: RuntimeError: (111, 'Connection refused')

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

Package: xen-utils-3.0
Version: 3.0.2+hg9656-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


When xend starts:

[2006-05-22 22:07:18 xend] INFO (SrvDaemon:278) Xend Daemon started
[2006-05-22 22:07:18 xend] INFO (SrvDaemon:282) Xend changeset: Thu Apr 27 09:58           :50 2006 +0100 .
[2006-05-22 22:07:18 xend] ERROR (SrvDaemon:292) Exception starting xend ((111,            'Connection refused'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDaemon.py", line 286           , in run
    servers = SrvServer.create()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvServer.py", line 108           , in create
    root.putChild('xend', SrvRoot())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvRoot.py", line 40, i           n __init__
    self.get(name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/web/SrvDir.py", line 82, in get
    val = val.getobj()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/web/SrvDir.py", line 52, in getobj
    self.obj = klassobj()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDomainDir.py", line            39, in __init__
    self.xd = XendDomain.instance()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomain.py", line 582, in i           nstance
    inst.init()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomain.py", line 70, in in           it
    xstransact.Mkdir(VMROOT)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/xenstore/xstransact.py", line            317, in Mkdir
    complete(path, lambda t: t.mkdir(*args))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/xenstore/xstransact.py", line            323, in complete
    t = xstransact(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/xenstore/xstransact.py", line            20, in __init__
    self.transaction = xshandle().transaction_start()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xen/xend/xenstore/xsutil.py", line 18,            in xshandle
    xs_handle = xen.lowlevel.xs.xs()
RuntimeError: (111, 'Connection refused')

The machine is a plain etch.

The kernel is a binary obtained from Xen.

The previous installation of Xen was manual and everything worked (it
is not my first Xen installation). I installed the official package
and it no longer works.

Grub configuration :

title           XEN with Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6-xen0 
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/xen-3.0-i386.gz dom0_mem=32M
module          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/sda1 ro console=tty0
savedefault
boot



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.6-xen0
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.0 depends on:
ii  iproute                   20051007-4     Professional tools to control the 
ii  libc6                     2.3.6-7        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.5-1.1        Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  python                    2.3.5-5        An interactive high-level object-o
ii  udev                      0.091-2        /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
ii  xen-hypervisor-3.0-i386 [ 3.0.2+hg9656-1 The Xen Hypervisor for i386
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-11     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.0 recommends:
ii  bridge-utils                  1.1-1      Utilities for configuring the Linu
ii  libc6-xen                     2.3.6-7    GNU C Library: Shared libraries [X

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