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How to debug Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guest crash during install?
by Neil Aggarwal 04 Nov '25

04 Nov '25

Hello: I am using kvm on a CentOS 5.4 server. I am trying to install the TunkeyLinux Core appliance found here: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/core I downloaded the ISO file from the web site. Then, I used this command to intall it: virt-install -n tkl-core -r 512 --vcpus=1 --check-cpu --os-type=linux --os-variant=ubuntuhardy -v --accelerate -c /tmp/turnkey-core-2009.10-hardy-x86.iso -f /var/lib/libvirt/images/tkl-core.img -s 15 -b br0 --vnc noautoconsole When I connect to the VNC console, I get the Turnkey linux options screen. I select Install to hard disk from there and it seems to start the install but crashes during the installer startup. This is repeatable so there has to be a way to debug it. I tried turning on the debug option for virt-install but that did not give me any useful info. Any ideas how to debug this? Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://UnmeteredVPS.net/cpanel cPanel/WHM preinstalled on a virtual server for only $40/month! No overage charges, 7 day free trial, PayPal, Google Checkout

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[x-post] Upstream possible patches to libvirt to enable building upstream libvirt packages with libxl
by Le Nucksi 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

On 05/14/2016 07:16 AM, Le Nucksi wrote: > Hello list, > > is there a way to get more recent libvirt builds for CentOS 7 that include > support for the xl (modern Xen) toolstack? > > I tried to build libvirt from the SRPM, which succeeded, however, without > the mentioned Xen parts. > I have also found two repos from people who provide upstream libvirt builds > for CentOS 7, again, without the Xen parts. > - https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jmliger/virt7-upstream/ and > - https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:aevseev/libvirt > > Within the CentOS virtualization SIG builds for Xen there is a 1.3.x build > of libvirt that includes support for the modern Xen toolstack. > Would it be possible to inline this into the upstream to enable building it > with Xen features on CentOS 7 such that the aforementioned people's RPMs > would contain it? > > I appreciate any enlightment on the topic. I think you should either contact the owners of those libvirt repos, or contact the centos virt sig. I don't know if anyone on these lists is directly involved with those repos - Cole Hello list, I emailed the libvirt-users list to see if there would be a way to get more recent libvirt builds into my CentOS 7 + VIRT SIG/Xen packages. Here's what Cole Robinson from RedHat replied on that matter. Also the initial email. I'd appreciate your feedback on this. The more recent libvirt builds appear to include quite some improvements especially for the libxl parts. Best regards, Le

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Xen4CentOS 6 64bit - domUs don't shutdown on dom0 after "yum upgrade" to 4.6.1
by exvito here 25 May '16

25 May '16

Hello all, I'm addressing the mailing list following the suggestion of gwd on #centos-virt @freenode IRC. The subject says most of it. Here are the details : - Was running 4.4.x and configured such that /etc/xen/auto domUs would be saved/restored on dom0 shutdown/bootup. - Installation was based on "centos-release-xen" such that "yum upgrade" brough Xen to 4.6.1. After upgrade observed behavior: - dom0 boot starts up the domUs in /etc/xen/auto. - dom0 shutdown does not save/shutdown domUs (the command is "shutdown -h now" via ssh). Diagnostics: - Running /etc/init.d/xendomains stop/start does the right thing. - chkconfig --list shows "xendomains 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off" which looks nice. - The rc link is in place: /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K00xendomains -> ../init.d/xendomains - Edited /etc/init.d/xendomains such that the lines: start) $LIBEXEC_BIN/xendomains start ;; stop) $LIBEXEC_BIN/xendomains stop ;; become (added "2>&1 | tee FILE" to the underlying start/stop command) start) $LIBEXEC_BIN/xendomains start 2>&1 | /usr/bin/tee -a /tmp/xd-start.log ;; stop) $LIBEXEC_BIN/xendomains stop 2>&1 | /usr/bin/tee -a /tmp/xd-stop.log ;; - The /tmp/xd-stop.log file is not created on dom0 shutdown (make sense, but why?!). - The /tmp/xd-stop.log is created on dom0 boot, as expected. - Both files are created on manual /etc/init.d/xendomains start/stop - Manually added an rc link: /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K01xendomains -> ../init.d/xendomains - The behavior remains unchanged. This is looking much more of an upstart/sysvinit issue that a Xen 4.6 issue. However, I believe others may have been through this experience. Can anyone provide any pointers in further diagnosing this? Thanks in advance. Regards, -- exvito

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oVirt 3.6.6 packages available for testing
by Rafael Martins 24 May '16

24 May '16

Hi, We have just finished building packages for oVirt 3.6.6 release in Virt SIG. They are tagged virt7-ovirt-36-testing. Please help us testing this release and submitting feedback! Thanks, Rafael Martins

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kvm: centos 7 guest on centos 6 host network problems
by Matthias Leopold 23 May '16

23 May '16

Hi, i'm rather new to kvm. now i set up a centos 7 guest on a centos 6 kvm host. when i try to use bridged networking in the centos7 guest this works for the interface that uses eth1/br1 on the host. when i try to use a second interface in the guest with eth0/br0 on the host this brings the host interface down as soon as i do ip configuration in the guest (so it seems). eth0 shall have the default route in host and guest. three other centos 6 guests (not set up by me) use both interfaces in bridged mode with no problems. both interfaces on the host are intel cards (e1000e). driver in the kvm guest configuration is "virtio". dmesg on the kvm host (centos 6) says: device vnet9 entered promiscuous mode br0: port 5(vnet9) entering forwarding state device vnet10 entered promiscuous mode br1: port 5(vnet10) entering forwarding state vnet10: no IPv6 routers present vnet9: no IPv6 routers present kvm: 17778: cpu0 disabled perfctr wrmsr: 0xc2 data 0xffff e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down ... ethtool -k output differs in "rx-vlan-filter" (off for eth0) centos 6 kernel is 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64 what could be wrong? thx matthias

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Problem with convert config file to xml
by Christoph 19 May '16

19 May '16

Hi all, I have a problem to convert a hvm config file to xml: virsh -c xen:/// domxml-from-native xen-xm /etc/xen/marax.cfg > /etc/xen/marax_xml.cfg error: internal error: config value kernel was missing cat /etc/xen/marax.cfg builder = 'hvm' memory = 2048 vcpus=8 boot="c" name = "marax" disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg_lilith/lv_marax_c,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/vg_lilith/lv_marax_d,hdb,w' ] vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr5,mac=00:16:3e:05:01:10,script=vif-bridge,model=e1000' ] on_poweroff = 'destroy' on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'restart' vnc=0 vga = 'stdvga' spice = 1 spicehost = '0.0.0.0' spiceport = 6000 spicedisable_ticketing=1 spicevdagent=1 spice_clipboard_sharing=1 spiceusbredirection=4 localtime=1 keymap='de' viridian = 1 whats the problem there? I can start the domU with xl without problems... -- --------- Greetz

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XSA-176 (xen-4.6.1-8) in centos-virt-testing
by George Dunlap 17 May '16

17 May '16

Builds for Xen 4.6 with XSA-176 backported are available in centos-virt-testing. Please test them and report any problems here; signed builds should be available tomorrow morning. -George

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PCI Passthrough not working
by Francis Greaves 16 May '16

16 May '16

I am running Xen 4.6 on CentOS 7 in a Dell Poweredge T430 I need PCI Passthrough to get USB working. I am following the Xenproject Wiki I have enabled the Virtulasation in the BIOS. I have xen_pciback as a module I have issued the command: xl pci-assignable-add 00:1a0.0 and it shows up fine when I issue this xl pci-assignable-list I have pci=['00:1a.0'] on the DomU config file I have added this iommu=soft and swiotlb=force both together and separately to the kernel command line in the DomU (running Debian 8), but I get the same error each time. libxl: error: libxl_pci.c:999:do_pci_add: xc_assign_device failed: Operation not permitted libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1424:domcreate_attach_pci: libxl_device_pci_add failed: -3 Can anyone suggest a cure for this? Many thanks Francis

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Xen 4.6 initscripts locking problem
by Piotr Gackiewicz 16 May '16

16 May '16

Hello, According to Xen4Centos wiki, Xen bugs should be reported by bugs.centos.org, Centos-6 => Xen4 project. I have reported a bug with initscripts locking in xen-runtime-4.6-6 https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=10807 Meanwhile, new xen-runtime-4.6-7 has been issued (in testing repo), and this bug is still present. Does anybody handle these bugs in bugs.centos.org, or should I report it elsewhere? :-) Regards, -- Piotr Gackiewicz

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Install of kernel-ml does not allow for usable /proc/xen
by PJ Welsh 10 May '16

10 May '16

Working upstream (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117901 and http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=648) I need to report that the install of kernel-ml-4.5.3 does not trigger the proper grub2 changes to end up with a xen ready kernel after install with "kernel-ml" as the default kernel in /etc/sysconfig/kernel. However, if I manually run /usr/bin/grub-bootxen.sh, the grub2 entries are properly modified to allow for xen(xl) to function as the /proc/xen is properly created with the kernel options. I believe this did properly work for kernel-ml-4.5.0 as I did not need to do anything in order for 4.5.0 to be xen enabled. Thanks PJWelsh

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