[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#580500: xen-hypervisor-3.4-i386: Hypervisor fails to populate sysfs, causing xend to fail

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Package: xen-hypervisor-3.4-i386
Version: 3.4.3~rc3-2
Severity: important
Tags: sid

After booting into the xen kernel, xm cannot run because xend is not running
(the sysfs hypervisor is not populated)

# dpkg -l | grep xen
ii  libc6-xen                                                2.10.2-6
GNU C Library: Shared libraries [Xen version]
ii  libxenstore3.0                                           3.4.3~rc3-2
Xenstore communications library for Xen
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common-xen                        2.6.32-12
Common header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-xen
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-5-xen-686                           2.6.32-12
Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-686
ii  linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-686                             2.6.32-12
Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, Xen dom0 support
ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-xen-686                           190.53-4+2.6.32-12
NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-686
ii  xen-docs-3.4                                             3.4.3~rc3-2
Documentation for Xen
ii  xen-hypervisor-3.4-i386                                  3.4.3~rc3-2
The Xen Hypervisor on i386
ii  xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-686                        2.6.32-12
Xen system with Linux 2.6.32 on modern PCs
rc  xen-shell                                                1.8-3
Console based Xen administration utility
ii  xen-utils-3.4                                            3.4.3~rc3-2
XEN administrative tools
ii  xen-utils-common                                         3.4.2-4
XEN administrative tools - common files
ii  xenstore-utils                                           3.4.3~rc3-2
Xenstore utilities for Xen
ii  xenwatch                                                 0.5.4-2
Virtualization utilities, mostly for Xen


# uname -r
2.6.32-5-xen-686


# xm list
WARNING!  Can't find hypervisor information in sysfs!
Error: Unable to connect to xend: No such file or directory. Is xend running?


# xend
WARNING!  Can't find hypervisor information in sysfs!
ERROR Internal error: Could not obtain handle on privileged command interface
(2 = No such file or directory)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/xen-default/bin/xend", line 38, in <module>
    from xen.xend.server import SrvDaemon
  File "/usr/lib/xen-3.4/lib/python/xen/xend/server/SrvDaemon.py", line 26, in
<module>
    import relocate
  File "/usr/lib/xen-3.4/lib/python/xen/xend/server/relocate.py", line 28, in
<module>
    from xen.xend import XendDomain
  File "/usr/lib/xen-3.4/lib/python/xen/xend/XendDomain.py", line 35, in
<module>
    from xen.xend import XendOptions, XendCheckpoint, XendDomainInfo
  File "/usr/lib/xen-3.4/lib/python/xen/xend/XendCheckpoint.py", line 20, in
<module>
    from xen.xend import balloon, sxp, image
  File "/usr/lib/xen-3.4/lib/python/xen/xend/image.py", line 46, in <module>
    xc = xen.lowlevel.xc.xc()
xen.lowlevel.xc.Error: (1, 'Internal error', 'Could not obtain handle on
privileged command interface (2 = No such file or directory)')



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'testing'), (700, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

xen-hypervisor-3.4-i386 depends on no packages.

Versions of packages xen-hypervisor-3.4-i386 recommends:
ii  xen-utils-3.4                3.4.3~rc3-2 XEN administrative tools

Versions of packages xen-hypervisor-3.4-i386 suggests:
ii  xen-docs-3.4                 3.4.3~rc3-2 Documentation for Xen

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