[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#578173: Bug#578173: xen samples.

[Guido Günther]

reassign 578173 xen-utils-3.2-1

Dear xen maintainers,
Ian is having issues with hvm install on Lenny. I have no means to help
here since I'm lacking the hardware that supports this (and runs Lenny).
Do you have an idea?
 -- Guido

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 09:19:22PM +0800, IAN DELANEY wrote:
> 
> It's becoming likely that the problem is to do with xen paravirt vs hvm.  Here a a few more samples.
> A guest, created on another system.  The config file copied to /etc/xen and adjusted to this lenny.
> 
> ....................................................
> 
> virsh # define /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml
> Domain SimplyMepis defined from /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml
> 
> virsh # create /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml
> Domain SimplyMepis created from /etc/xen/Simply-Mepis.xml
> 
> virsh # list
>  Id Name                 State
> ----------------------------------
>   0 Domain-0             running
>   2 lenny01              idle
>   6 SimplyMepis          no state
> 
> virsh # vncdisplay SimplyMepis
> 
> virsh # console SimplyMepis
> No console available for domain
> 
> idella at debian:~$ sudo xm console SimplyMepis
> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
> 
> ..............................
> 
> This guest came up perfectly well on the other system.  On this one, it produces the bug.  Console not active for guest.
> I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that this xenconsole error is related to hvm.
> 
> Let's take a paravirt from the other system, lenny-net.xml  Make it iin virsh as above, and 
> 
> .........See  Screenshot-4.png and Screenshot-5.png..............................
> 
> 
> virsh #console lenny-net
> 
> .......................
> ......................
> Starting periodic command scheduler: crond.
> 
> Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 lenny-net hvc0
> 
> lenny-net login: 
> Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 lenny-net hvc0
> 
> lenny-net login: 
> 
> ..........................................
> 
> It made it to console login.   Screenshot-4.png shows it does connect to vnc, then it blanks out when it gets to login.
> 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,
> so that's a xen good result.
> 
> 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.
> I'm currentl installing it from the provided script, but it's basically a clone of the above guest. 
> 
> We have  xm-debian-curses.cfg and xm-debian-vfb.cfg.  The first
> 
> idella at debian:~$ xm create -c /etc/xen/xm-debian-curses.cfg
> 
> ..............................
> .............................
> .............................
> Starting internet superserver: inetd.
> Starting Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.
> Not starting S.M.A.R.T. daemon smartd, disabled via /etc/default/smartmontools (warning).
> Starting the Winbind daemon: winbind.
> Starting DHCP D-Bus daemon: dhcdbd.
> Starting Hardware abstraction layer: hald.
> Starting network connection manager: NetworkManager.
> Starting network events dispatcher: NetworkManagerDispatcher.
> Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm.
> Starting System Tools Backends: system-tools-backends.
> Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): [   15.516007] NET: Registered protocol family 5
> eth0: disabled.
> atalkd: zero interfaces, exiting.
> Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron.
> Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd.
> Starting periodic command scheduler: crond.
> 
> Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 lenny-net hvc0
> 
> lenny-net login: 
> 
> 
> Makes it all the way to login.
> 
> and 
> 
> idella at debian:~$ sudo xm create /etc/xen/xm-debian-vfb.cfg
> Using config file "/etc/xen/xm-debian-vfb.cfg".
> Started domain lenny0s
> idella at debian:~$ 
> 
>   .................See Screenshot-6.png...................
> .................. See 
> 
> Makes it all the way to a blue screen, which is I assume an incomplete, minimal net lenny install.
> 
> 
> libvirt makes a strong appearance in syslog this time.  I've included the syslog.  Today is 22nd, and
> all its content represents this single session today while all these demos were taking place.
> 
> That outlines how xen is performing in a number of differeny angles.
> 
> If you can't figure it from here, then it's too intricate and tricky.
> 
> I hope this gets through to debian bugs, The last two got lost.
> 
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