[CentOS-virt] Installing using kernel-3.4.54 from xen4centos

Wed Aug 21 08:25:15 UTC 2013
Nuno Fernandes <npf-mlists at eurotux.com>

On Friday 02 August 2013 08:57:18 Nuno Fernandes wrote:


Hello again..

Following this issue, the package differences are:

 b43-fwcutter-012-2.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
 b43-openfwwf-5.2-4.el6.noarch.rpm
 basesystem-10.0-4.el6.noarch.rpm
-bash-4.1.2-15.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
+bash-4.1.2-3.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
 bc-1.06.95-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
 bfa-firmware-3.0.3.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm
 bind-libs-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.5.i686.rpm
 bind-libs-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.5.x86_64.rpm
 bind-utils-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.5.x86_64.rpm
-binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.36.el6.x86_64.rpm
 biosdevname-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
 blktrace-1.0.1-6.el6.x86_64.rpm
 bridge-utils-1.2-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@
 grep-2.6.3-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
 groff-1.18.1.4-21.el6.x86_64.rpm
 grub-0.97-81.el6.x86_64.rpm
-grubby-7.0.15-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
+grubby-7.0.16-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
 gstreamer-0.10.29-1.el6.i686.rpm
 gstreamer-0.10.29-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
 gstreamer-tools-0.10.29-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
@@ -231,9 +230,9 @@
 jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
 kbd-1.15-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
 kbd-misc-1.15-11.el6.noarch.rpm
-kernel-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
+kernel-3.4.54-8.el6.centos.alt.x86_64.rpm
 kernel-debug-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
-kernel-firmware-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.noarch.rpm
+kernel-firmware-3.4.54-8.el6.centos.alt.noarch.rpm
 keyutils-libs-1.4-4.el6.i686.rpm
 keyutils-libs-1.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
 kpartx-0.4.9-64.el6.x86_64.rpm
@@ -447,7 +446,7 @@
 mlocate-0.22.2-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
 mobile-broadband-provider-info-1.20100122-1.el6.noarch.rpm
 ModemManager-0.4.0-3.git20100628.el6.x86_64.rpm
-module-init-tools-3.9-21.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
+module-init-tools-3.16-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
 mozilla-filesystem-1.9-5.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
 mtools-4.0.12-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
 mtr-0.75-5.el6.x86_64.rpm

I'm only stating the rpm differences, not the stage2/initrd ones.

Thanks,
On Thursday 01 August 2013 18:53:12 Nuno Fernandes wrote:


Hello,

I've used pungi with the following configuration:

repo --name=centos-base    --baseurl=ftp://mirrors/centos/6/os/x86_64 --cost=1 --
excludepkgs=qemu-kvm
repo --name=centos-updates --baseurl=ftp://mirrors/centos/6/updates/x86_64 --
cost=1 --excludepkgs=qemu-kvm
repo --name=xen4centos     --
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/xen4/x86_64/ --cost=1

%packages
@base
@core
@system-admin-tools
anaconda

# some default stuff that we don't want
-pm-utils # to avoid HAL etc.
-kexec-tools # to avoid failing kdump init script
%end

to create an ISO to install centos+xen from start. The 3.4 kernel gets included fine in 
the cdrom.
When i try to install the ISO it freezes after anaconda starts graphical mode. I can't 
move the mouse, change to other VT, etc. If i install it using text mode or vnc mode it 
works fine. If i try the graphical safe mode (VESA) it also freezes.

If i ommit the centos xen repository graphical installation works fine.

I think that is a kernel related issue. Maybe some kernel build option?
Does anyone have any ideas? Did someone tried this build?

Thanks,
Nuno Fernandes





Just for the record, i've found the problem. It's in a config option of the kernel for 
xen4linux.

Bug open at http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=6619

Johnny, can you please check this?

Best regards,
Nuno Fernandes
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