Re: [Xen-users] FIX: was Re: "Exception starting xend ((2, 'No such file or directory'))" - what file?

["Dick Davies" <rasputnik@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/05/06, Frank Meyer <frank@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yesterday I had the same problem as you ;-)
>
> > IMO it's usual to assume /var/run is transient, so it might be
> > an idea for xenstored to ensure it's created before trying to use it.
>
> Yes, that would be a good idea. This problem appeared here with
> the directory /var/run/xend, too. This directory should also be
> created by start of xend, e.g. the init script or xend itself.
Someone on ubuntu-users mentioned that, but
...(removes it and reboots to check)...
yeah, /var/run/xend *is* being created properly, with xen 3.0.2.

xenstored just needs  a similar fix.

> >> xend ((2, 'No such file or directory'))
> Why do the xen tools (like xm) display such boring error messages, e.g.
> omitting the name of the file? Yesterday I searched a lot of time with
> strace to find the reason why my domU did not start...
>
> Each poor Unix/Linux tool displays missing file names using perror(3),
> why not xm?
/usr/libpython/xen isn't much fun to trawl through either ( especially if
you're a ruby programmer :) )

There is an environment variable, XENSTORED_TRACE, that /usr/sbin/xend
suggests should do something, but that just created me an empty logfile.

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