On 01/14/2016 06:57 PM, George Dunlap wrote: > As mentioned yesterday, Xen 4.6 packages are now available for > testing. These also include an update to libvirt 1.3.0, in line with > what's available for CentOS 7. Please test, particularly the upgrade > if you can, and report any problems here. > > To upgrade: > > yum update --enablerepo=centos-virt-xen-testing > > To install from scratch: > > * Install centos-release-xen from centos-extras > > yum install centos-release-xen > > * Update to get the new kernel: > > yum update > > * Install the Xen packages from the centos-virt-xen-testing repo: > > yum install --enablerepo=centos-virt-xen-testing xen > > Keep in mind that there is still a bug in the upstream CentOS > new-kernel script which for some people consistently fails to add an > "initird" line to the Xen boot stanza. Check /boot/grub/grub.conf; > the Xen stanza should look something like this: > > title CentOS (3.18.21-17.el6.x86_64) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /xen.gz dom0_mem=1024M,max:1024M cpuinfo com1=115200,8n1 > console=com1,tty loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all > module /vmlinuz-3.18.21-17.el6.x86_64 ro > root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD > rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=auto > rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_NO_DM rhgb > quiet > module /initramfs-3.18.21-17.el6.x86_64.img > > > -George > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt Hello I've attempted to upgrade today to xen 4.6 ( because of something which seems to be a reincarnation of http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2014-01/msg02259.html ) and I noticed that the new xen-runtime package tries to bring in a whole bunch of other packages: Installing for dependencies: atk x86_64 1.30.0-1.el6 base 195 k avahi-libs x86_64 0.6.25-15.el6 base 55 k cairo x86_64 1.8.8-6.el6_6 base 309 k cups-libs x86_64 1:1.4.2-72.el6 base 321 k fontconfig x86_64 2.8.0-5.el6 base 186 k freetype x86_64 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 base 361 k gdk-pixbuf2 x86_64 2.24.1-6.el6_7 updates 501 k gtk2 x86_64 2.24.23-6.el6 base 3.2 M hicolor-icon-theme noarch 0.11-1.1.el6 base 40 k jasper-libs x86_64 1.900.1-16.el6_6.3 base 137 k libXcomposite x86_64 0.4.3-4.el6 base 20 k libXcursor x86_64 1.1.14-2.1.el6 base 28 k libXft x86_64 2.3.1-2.el6 base 55 k libXi x86_64 1.7.2-2.2.el6 base 37 k libXinerama x86_64 1.1.3-2.1.el6 base 13 k libXrandr x86_64 1.4.1-2.1.el6 base 23 k libXrender x86_64 0.9.8-2.1.el6 base 24 k libthai x86_64 0.1.12-3.el6 base 183 k libtiff x86_64 3.9.4-10.el6_5 base 343 k pango x86_64 1.28.1-10.el6 base 351 k Is this really needed ? wolfy