WARNING - OLD ARCHIVES

This is an archived copy of the Xen.org mailing list, which we have preserved to ensure that existing links to archives are not broken. The live archive, which contains the latest emails, can be found at http://lists.xen.org/
   
 
 
Xen 
 
Home Products Support Community News
 
   
 

xen-users

Re: [Xen-users] Suse 10.3: domU boot problem

To: Chris Epicier <seuchato@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Suse 10.3: domU boot problem
From: Kurt Garloff <garloff@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:16:19 +0100
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Delivery-date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:18:50 -0800
Envelope-to: www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <266479.36396.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
List-help: <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help>
List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>
List-post: <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com>
List-subscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-users>, <mailto:xen-users-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe>
Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH (a Novell company), Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
References: <266479.36396.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)
Chris,

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:31:13AM +0200, Chris Epicier wrote:
> Got a suse 10.3 64bit box, /boot on etx2, / on ext3,
> Use lvm based volumes for my domUs. Asus M2N
> Workstation, AMD X64, 4G Ram
> 
> here is my domU config:
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-xen"
> ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-xen"
> memory = 128
> name = "ldaps"
> vif = [ 'mac=aa:cc:00:00:00:01', 'bridge=xenbr0' ]
> disk = [ 'phy:system/ldaps,hda1,w' ]
> root = "/dev/hda1 rw"
> extra = "3 " 

Try changing this to
extra = "3 xencons=tty"

Otherwise the pv frambuffer driver will be used and you can connect to
it using vncviewer.
You're not the first one to stunble across this ...
The hint is actually displayed by the kernel, see below.

> Linux version 2.6.22.5-31-xen (geeko@buildhost) (gcc
> version 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC
> Command line: root=/dev/hda1 rw 3
[...]
> Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
> xencons_init: Initializing xen vfb; pass xencons=tty
> to prevent this
> Xen virtual console successfully installed as xvc0
[...]

Unfortunatly, it's not the last line, so it's somewhat hard to spot.

Best,
-- 
Kurt Garloff, VP Global Opportunities -- OPS PM, Novell Inc.

Attachment: pgpdT3EaOYRBX.pgp
Description: PGP signature

_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • Re: [Xen-users] Suse 10.3: domU boot problem, Kurt Garloff <=