[xenpreview-dev] Problem with XTP kernels or install-initrds in DomUs

[Adam Spiers]

tobias.mucke at man.eu (tobias.mucke at man.eu) wrote:
> thanks for your advice. Using xencons=tty is working fine and gives me
> access to the console. The option vfb=[ 'type=vnc,vncunused=1' ] does not
> work for me. Starting the domain there is no output at all except Using
> config file "...". After some time I get "Error: Device 0 (vkbd) could not
> be connected. Hotplug scripts not working." It doesn't really matter
> because we don't want to use vnc.

Hi Tobias,

I know this was a long time ago - did you ever find a solution?  I'm
seeing this while trying to build a Xen demo using SLES10 SP1 x86_64
(fully patched).

Thanks,
Adam

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[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:553) hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/1/51712/hotplug-status.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:567) hotplugStatusCallback 1.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:153) Waiting for 51728.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:553) hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/1/51728/hotplug-status.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:567) hotplugStatusCallback 1.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:148) Waiting for devices irq.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:148) Waiting for devices vkbd.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:153) Waiting for 0.
[2007-10-01 13:15:58 xend 5949] DEBUG (DevController:553) hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vkbd/1/0/hotplug-status.
libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 0 (vkbd) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.')
[2007-10-01 13:17:38 xend 5949] ERROR (SrvBase:88) Request start failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/web/SrvBase.py", line 85, in perform
    return op_method(op, req)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDomain.py", line 77, in op_start
    return self.xd.domain_start(self.dom.getName(), paused)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomain.py", line 979, in domain_start
    dominfo.waitForDevices()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 503, in waitForDevices
    self.getDeviceController(devclass).waitForDevices()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/DevController.py", line 149, in waitForDevices
    return map(self.waitForDevice, self.deviceIDs())
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/vfbif.py", line 144, in waitForDevice
    DevController.waitForDevice(self, config)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/DevController.py", line 162, in waitForDevice
    raise VmError("Device %s (%s) could not be connected. "
VmError: Device 0 (vkbd) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.