here is the xen config. (written by virt manager)  Virt-manager will start the install, it gets an ip adress and tries to start anaconda. it recognizes the graphics card but once it attempts to switch terminals its just a black screen with a white outlined x pointer (that moves, responds to the mouse ) so x starts, i can&#39;t switch terminals however. <br>
<br>name = &quot;f&quot;<br>uuid = &quot;c1a64536-3969-1fe2-7e88-d4afb4a3d234&quot;<br>maxmem = 1027<br>memory = 512<br>vcpus = 2<br>builder = &quot;hvm&quot;<br>kernel = &quot;/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader&quot;<br>boot = &quot;c&quot;<br>
pae = 1<br>acpi = 1<br>apic = 1<br>localtime = 0<br>on_poweroff = &quot;destroy&quot;<br>on_reboot = &quot;restart&quot;<br>on_crash = &quot;restart&quot;<br>device_model = &quot;/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm&quot;<br>sdl = 0<br>
vnc = 1<br>vncunused = 1<br>keymap = &quot;en-us&quot;<br>disk = [ &quot;file:/state/partition1/images/images.ide,hda,w&quot;, &quot;,hdc:cdrom,r&quot; ]<br>vif = [ &quot;mac=00:16:3e:2c:ec:2d,bridge=virbr0&quot; ]<br>serial = &quot;pty&quot;<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Nehemiah Dacres <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dacresni@slu.edu">dacresni@slu.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I am trying to install centos 5.4 on a centos 5.2 xen host. Technically this is rocks cluster and thats axillary software but the avalanch installer may be the hiccup <br><br>this is what shows up in the xen log <br><br>any suggestions <br>

<br>Watching /local/domain/13/logdirty/next-active<br>xs_read(): vncpasswd get error. /vm/84384fb8-e6a6-3a84-8027-e79b841fdc7b/vncpasswd.<br>
char device redirected to /dev/pts/4<br>qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000<br>shared page at pfn 1ffff<br>buffered io page at pfn 1fffd<br>xs_read(/vm/84384fb8-e6a6-3a84-8027-e79b841fdc7b/rtc/timeoffset): read error<br>


I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0<br>I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0<br>Triggered log-dirty buffer switch<br><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Nehemiah I. Dacres<br>

System Administrator <div>Advanced Technology Group Saint Louis University</div><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Nehemiah I. Dacres<br>System Administrator <div>Advanced Technology Group Saint Louis University</div><br>