Re: Intel NUC + Voidlinux + Xen

[Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/3/2023 5:41 PM, Goran wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I try to install Xen + Voidlinux onto a small Intel NUC. 
> 
> After installing the packages xen and grub-xen
> 
> https://voidlinux.org/packages/?arch=x86_64&q=xen
> 
> A.
> I booted straight into Xen. The first problem I came across was a blank
> screen with a short error message:
> 
> Current graphics mode is unsupported
> 
> This error message only sometimes appeared. Mostly another error
> occurred:
> 
> 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
> 
> B.
> The first error I handled with "vga=ask". I never got asked but
> anyways, the graphics mode error went away.
> 
> The other error I handled with "x2apic=false noapic". Again the
> error/kernel panic went away.
> 
> C.
> A new error emerged:
> 
> Xen is relinquishing vga console
> 
> After that the screen get blanked out (from top to bottom) and after
> some seconds the computer restarts.
> 
> D.
> What can I do to get Xen boot with Voidlinux and Consumer-hardware like
> that Intel NUC? I installed latest UEFI but still unable to boot Xen.
> 
> Thanks
> Goran
> 
> 

I think you probably need to open an issue on the void-linux/void-packages
issues page:

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues

Void uses GitHub, so you will need to have at least a free GitHub user
account to open an issue with Void Linux about it's xen package.

I suspect since they have not updated the xen version since the Xen 4.14.1
release almost three years ago, they have not been regularly testing the xen
package and some other Void updates since then may have broken xen on Void:

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/srcpkgs/xen/template