Re: Intel NUC + Voidlinux + Xen

[Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/6/2023 1:52 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote:
> 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

Also, have you tried another distribution to see if you have the same problem
with a distribution other than Void? You could try Debian, Fedora, Alpine,
Suse, etc. and see if the problem persists. For example, I have seen cases 
where a
particular generation of Intel hardware + Xen + Linux kernel has a bug that is
not seen on all Intel hardware.