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Re: [Xen-devel] can't start domU

On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 05:21:31PM -0600, Steve Dobbelstein wrote:

> [Re failure to create vifs]
>
> I'm afraid this is going to end up being some user error because something
> got changed elsewhere on the system, but I can't figure out what.  The
> machine used to not exhibit the problem with build 7713.  I upgraded the
> machine to a later build (can't remember which offhand) and saw the
> problem.  I then backed down to 7713 but still saw the problem.  It has
> been doing it on every build since then.  I have tried cleaning everything
> out (make uninstall, rm -rf /etc/xen, etc.) and rebuilding and
> reinstalling.  I am beginning to suspect something outside of Xen is
> causing it to trip up.

I've found your problem, in your /var/log/xend.trace file:

> |    |    | < server/netif.py:getDeviceDetails
> |    |    |  79         if devid == 0:
> |    |    |  80             return devid

These two lines in DevController.py have never existed in the Xen repository.
This was a patch posted to the xen-devel mailing list, and it was never right
in the first place.

Ewan.

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