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Re: [Xen-users] XL Toolstack console doesn't work. XM Toolstackconsoledoes work.


  • To: "Iain Kay" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Ian Tobin" <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 21:21:08 +0100
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-users] XL Toolstack console doesn't work. XM Toolstackconsoledoes work.

Odd, I did have this issue as well but can't remember for the life of me what I 
did to solve it.

Have you statically compiled all xen bits in the kernel? I'm thinking a module 
isn't loaded as you are getting the no file error

Thanks

Ian

 
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On 18 May 2011, at 16:25, "Iain Kay" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ian,
> 
> Darn I knew there was something I left out on other post. It certainly does 
> appear to be running:
> 
>>> [root@core-01-fr ~]# ps aux | grep xenconsoled
>>> root      4082  0.0  0.1  24640   716 ?        SLl  15:40   0:00 
>>> xenconsoled --pid-file=/var/run/xenconsoled.pid
>>> root      4636  0.0  0.1  61180   780 pts/0    S+   16:21   0:00 grep 
>>> xenconsoled
> 
> Not seen this service in prior versions of Xen, though, and have not made any 
> attempts to configure it.
> 
> Iain
> 
> On 18 May 2011, at 16:18, Ian Tobin wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> Is xenconsoled running? 
>> 
>> Ian 
>> 
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>> On 18 May 2011, at 15:46, "Iain Kay" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey all,
>>> 
>>> I've been having a strange issue since upgrading to Xen 4.1.0 on CentOS 5.6 
>>> host OS. Running on jeremy's 2.6.32.x kernel.
>>> 
>>> Working with the XM Toolstack I am able to create PV domU's and can attach 
>>> to their consoles. However when I create the same domU with XL Toolstack I 
>>> am unable to connect to the console, either with XL or XM.
>>> 
>>> Here's my steps I've followed to produce this:
>>> 
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> From a clean boot:
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> xl create /etc/xen/truestream
>>> 
>>>>> Parsing config file /etc/xen/truestream
>>>>> Daemon running with PID 4647
>>> 
>>> xl list
>>> 
>>>>> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs    State    
>>>>> Time(s)
>>>>> Domain-0                                     0   512     2     r-----     
>>>>>  17.9
>>>>> truestream                                   2  2048     1     r-----     
>>>>>  43.8
>>> 
>>> xm list
>>> 
>>>>> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
>>>>> Time(s)
>>>>> Domain-0                                     0   512     2     r-----     
>>>>> 18.0
>>>>> truestream                                   2  2048     1     r-----     
>>>>> 57.1
>>> 
>>> xl console 2
>>> 
>>>>> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
>>> 
>>> xm console 2
>>> 
>>>>> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
>>> 
>>> shutdown -r now
>>> 
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> Again from a clean boot.
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> xm create /etc/xen/truestream
>>> 
>>>>> Using config file "/etc/xen/truestream".
>>>>> Started domain truestream (id=1)
>>> 
>>> xm console 1
>>> 
>>> *jumps to working console*
>>> 
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> Contents of /etc/xen/truestream
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> kernel = "/boot/dom_U/ubuntu/10.04/x86_64/vmlinuz"
>>> ramdisk = "/boot/dom_U/ubuntu/10.04/x86_64/initrd.gz"
>>> builder='linux'
>>> memory = 2048
>>> name = "truestream"
>>> vcpus = "4"
>>> vif = [ 'vifname=truestream,ip=xx.xx.xx.xx' ]
>>> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg0/www.truestream.co.uk,xvda,w' ]
>>> root = "/dev/xvda1 ro"
>>> extra = "4"
>>> on_poweroff = "destroy"
>>> on_reboot = "restart"
>>> on_crash = "restart"
>>> 
>>> -----------------------------
>>> 
>>> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. FYI I do have the correct line in 
>>> /etc/inittab. When I create the domU with XM Toolstack the routed 
>>> networking is fully functional.
>>> 
>>> Cheers in advance for any ideas at all!
>>> 
>>> Iain Kay
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