[CentOS-virt] Xen HVM domU won't start since updates to 2.6.18-164.15.1 kernels

Sun Mar 28 22:39:01 UTC 2010
Aaron Clark <ophidian at ophidian.homeip.net>

On 03/28/2010 03:36 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:45:58PM -0400, Aaron Clark wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I've tried the following now:
>>
>> - rebooted the dom0 into the previous, working kernel-xen and start domU
>> (doesn't work)
>> - while in the old kernel-xen, switch the grub config for the domU to
>> use the old kernel then try to start the domU (doesn't work)
>> - remove the vnc lines from the guest's config via virsh edit and
>> attempt to start (doesn't work)
>>
>> I do not have any serial console stuff set up, so I'll need a little bit
>> more detailed instructions to get that working (which files I need to
>> modify on guest and host, what to put where, etc).
>>
>
> You don't need a serial console to see the _guest_ kernel boot messages.
> You just disable vfb (graphical console) from the guest, and then the
> guest kernel messages will automatically go to the Xen text console:
>
> You can see the full guest kernel boot messages like this:
>
> xm create -f /etc/xen/<guest>  -c
>
> Edit the /etc/xen/<guest>  cfgfile first, and remove the vfb line to disable graphical console.
>

I removed the vfb line from the /etc/xen/<guest> file... still doesn't 
start and the console does not attach.

[root at Yggdrasil ~]# xm create -f /etc/xen/Belldandy -c
Using config file "/etc/xen/Belldandy".
Started domain Belldandy
xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory

Aaron
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