Re: [Xen-users] help launching a Centos 5.5 Xen PV guest on an OpenSuse 11.2 Dom0 host ?

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hi,

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha <fajar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let's try something simpler. You specify
>
> vfb          = [ 'type=vnc, vncdisplay=106, vnclisten=127.0.0.1' ]
>
> It creates a vnc display for domU's GUI.
> By "hang", do you mean the output of "xm create -c" didn't continue,

that's correct, it dos not continue ...

> or are you looking at the GUI? Cause by default the graphics console
> will be used as default output, so you must use VNC to access it.

clear.  i'd tried accessing the VNC console, but no connection was
apparent/available

> You could always remove the vfb line, and have xen text console  (the
> one you access with "-c") becomes the default.

i'd thought that,

  'textmode=1 xencons=xvc0'

switches the default to textmode ... or at least that's the way it
workd for my opensuse guests.

anyway,  by removing the vfb line, i do (!!) get to:

------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to CentOS


                   +---------+ Networking Device +----------+
                   |                                        |
                   | You have multiple network devices on   |
                   | this system. Which would you like to   |
                   | install through?                       |
                   |                                        |
                   |      eth0 - Xen Virtual Ethernet       |
                   |      eth1 - Xen Virtual Ethernet       |
                   |      eth2 - Xen Virtual Ethernet       |
                   |      eth3 - Xen Virtual Ethernet       |
                   |                                        |
                   |  +----+     +----------+    +------+   |
                   |  | OK |     | Identify |    | Back |   |
                   |  +----+     +----------+    +------+   |
                   |                                        |
                   |                                        |
                   +----------------------------------------+



  <Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements  | <Space> selects | <F12> next screen
------------------------------------------------------

so that's progress!

atm, though, eth0 is supposed to be 'live', but it -- and all the
other interfaces -- are currently reporting

                      +--------+ Network Error +---------+
                      |                                  |
                      | There was an error configuring   |
                      | your network interface.          |

i'll worry about VNC access later ... for now, next step is the Network.

thanks.

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