[Fedora-xen] [f20] Problem with libvirt + Xen XL toolstack
Marco Guazzone
marco.guazzone at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 16:13:09 UTC 2014
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Marco Guazzone
<marco.guazzone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> Hi,
>
> Any news?
>
> In the meanwhile, from the qemu command above, I've noted that it
> tries to boot from HD.
> In fact, the conversion from Xen config file to XML missed to add a
> <boot> element for cdrom (instead, it wrongly added a duplicate
> element for HD).
> So, I've tried to add this <boot> element, thus resulting in:
>
> <os>
> <type arch='x86_64' machine='xenfv'>hvm</type>
> <loader>/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader</loader>
> <boot dev='hd'/>
> <!--
> <boot dev='hd'/>
> -->
> <boot dev='cdrom'/>
> </os>
>
> Now, the QEMU command spawn by virsh is
>
> /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm -d 3 -domain-name testvm -vnc 127.0.0.1:0
> -videoram 8 -boot cd -vcpu_avail 0x01 -net none -M xenfv
>
> Now, vncviewer is able to connect, I can see the CentOS initial menu,
> but when I choose to start the installation the vnc window becomes
> black and I can do nothing.
> I've tried to start the installation in several ways, including the
> basic graphics mode (VESA) or by adding the "text" parameter to the
> kernel boot options.
> But the result is the same.
>
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>
Hi,
Maybe, I've found a workaround. I had to change again the XML file in
order to add some 'features' element.
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<pae/>
<hap/>
</features>
This time, the installation of the guest system seems to work.
I still have some annoying problem with the CentOS graphical
installation since the installation GUI immediately disappears with
the following message:
** (anaconda:1049): WARNING **: keybinder_init: Unable to open display
(anaconda:1049): Gdk-WARNING **: anaconda: Fatal IO Error 0
(Success) on X server :1.
Pane is dead
and the installation program remains stuck.
I've also tried to start the installation in the basic graphics mode.
But the problem remains.
Again, I can solve this with a workaround: I start the installation in
text mode by adding "text" to the kernel boot options of the CentOS
installation.
Now the VM is up & running.
Best,
-- Marco
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