Robbie Dinn
2005-Jun-13 18:34 UTC
[Xen-users] No video display, SuSE kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7
Hi all This is a strange one. On upgraging to SuSE kernel-2.6.11.4-21.7, I have suddenly found that I loose the video on boot up! The video disappears very early in boot, possibly while Xen hypervisor is starting, printing out the physical memory map. If you are patient and wait for the machine to reach run level 5, the X server starts up and you get a picture back. You can then switch back and forth between virtual terminal 7 (X server) and virtual terminals 1 to 6 (which remain black). I put an osciloscope on the VGA sync to see what they were doing. They look fine, HSync 31.5KHz, 3.6uS high 27.9uS low, VSync 62.5Hz, 2 lines low, ~448 line high (This is with virtual terminal 1 selected ). I have seen this on two different machines. First is a Mitac laptop, Athlon64 process (running 32 bit mode), Via chip set, ATI Radeon 9600 M10 video Second is a Pentium III board, BX chip set, Chips & Technologies 69000 video. Software in use... Xen: From ''xm dmesg'' Xen version 2.0.6a-0.1 (abuild@suse.de) (gcc version 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease ) (SUSE Linux)) Fri Jun 10 19:30:50 UTC 2005 This is the xen-2.0.6a-0.1.i586.rpm from Kurt Garloff''s page. I have also tried a xen-2.0-testing that I compiled myself (with the rev 1.1899 "Ensure we only handle writable pagetable faults taken in guest kernel") Same outcome kernel on domO: paradox:~ # rpm -q kernel-xen kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7 paradox:~ # This is a kernel down loaded from Kurt Garloff''s Page I also tried a kernel that I compiled myself with the SuSE kernel sources that were release last week. I got the same misbehaviour. I thought that this was due to my error in configuring the kernel. I tried recompiling with CONFIG_FB turned off, but that did not help. My grub config: title XEN kernel (hd0,0)/xen.gz dom0_mem=204800 module (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/system/dom0_root_hdc selinux=0 splash =silent showopts module (hd0,0)/initrd-xen (hd0,0 is my /boot partition these symbolic links are in place paradox:~ # ls -l /boot/xen.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 13 13:11 /boot/xen.gz -> xen-2.0.6a-0.1.gz paradox:~ # ls -l /boot/vmlinuz-xen lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jun 13 13:11 /boot/vmlinuz-xen -> vmlinuz-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen paradox:~ # ls -l /boot/initrd-xen lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 13 13:11 /boot/initrd-xen -> initrd-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen My initrd has these modules in it: paradox:~ # zcat /boot/initrd-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen | cpio -i -t | grep -E ''^lib/modules'' 7161 blocks lib/modules lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/pci lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md/raid1.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md/dm-snapshot.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/cdrom lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/jbd lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/ext3 lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko paradox:~ # None of this is causing me any great problem because the machine is sitting in a server rack in another room. I can ssh to it or use the serial console. It will confuse the hell out of a new user though! Does anyone have any suggests as to what to try to debug/fix this? Robbie Dinn _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
David F Barrera
2005-Jun-13 18:43 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] No video display, SuSE kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7
>My grub config: > > title XEN > kernel (hd0,0)/xen.gz dom0_mem=204800 > module (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/system/dom0_root_hdc > selinux=0 splashTry adding console=tty0 to the line above> =silent showopts > module (hd0,0)/initrd-xen >On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 19:34 +0100, Robbie Dinn wrote:> Hi all > > This is a strange one. On upgraging to SuSE kernel-2.6.11.4-21.7, I have > suddenly found that I loose the video on boot up! The video disappears > very early in boot, possibly while Xen hypervisor is starting, printing > out the physical memory map. > > If you are patient and wait for the machine to reach run level 5, > the X server starts up and you get a picture back. You can then > switch back and forth between virtual terminal 7 (X server) and > virtual terminals 1 to 6 (which remain black). > > I put an osciloscope on the VGA sync to see what they were doing. > They look fine, HSync 31.5KHz, 3.6uS high 27.9uS low, > VSync 62.5Hz, 2 lines low, ~448 line high > (This is with virtual terminal 1 selected ). > > I have seen this on two different machines. > > First is a Mitac laptop, Athlon64 process (running 32 bit mode), > Via chip set, ATI Radeon 9600 M10 video > > Second is a Pentium III board, BX chip set, Chips & Technologies > 69000 video. > > Software in use... > > Xen: > From ''xm dmesg'' > Xen version 2.0.6a-0.1 (abuild@suse.de) (gcc version 3.3.5 20050117 > (prerelease > ) (SUSE Linux)) Fri Jun 10 19:30:50 UTC 2005 > > This is the xen-2.0.6a-0.1.i586.rpm from Kurt Garloff''s page. > > I have also tried a xen-2.0-testing that I compiled myself > (with the rev 1.1899 "Ensure we only handle writable pagetable faults > taken in guest kernel") > Same outcome > > kernel on domO: > > paradox:~ # rpm -q kernel-xen > kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7 > paradox:~ # > > This is a kernel down loaded from Kurt Garloff''s Page > > I also tried a kernel that I compiled myself with the > SuSE kernel sources that were release last week. I got the > same misbehaviour. I thought that this was due to my error > in configuring the kernel. I tried recompiling with > CONFIG_FB turned off, but that did not help. > > My grub config: > > title XEN > kernel (hd0,0)/xen.gz dom0_mem=204800 > module (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/system/dom0_root_hdc > selinux=0 splash > =silent showopts > module (hd0,0)/initrd-xen > > (hd0,0 is my /boot partition > these symbolic links are in place > > paradox:~ # ls -l /boot/xen.gz > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 13 13:11 /boot/xen.gz -> xen-2.0.6a-0.1.gz > paradox:~ # ls -l /boot/vmlinuz-xen > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jun 13 13:11 /boot/vmlinuz-xen -> > vmlinuz-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen > paradox:~ # ls -l /boot/initrd-xen > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 13 13:11 /boot/initrd-xen -> > initrd-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen > > My initrd has these modules in it: > > paradox:~ # zcat /boot/initrd-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen | cpio -i -t | grep -E > ''^lib/modules'' > 7161 blocks > lib/modules > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/pci > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md/raid1.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md/dm-mod.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/md/dm-snapshot.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/cdrom > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/jbd > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/ext3 > lib/modules/2.6.11.4-21.7-xen/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko > paradox:~ # > > None of this is causing me any great problem because > the machine is sitting in a server rack in another > room. I can ssh to it or use the serial console. > > It will confuse the hell out of a new user though! > > Does anyone have any suggests as to what to try to debug/fix this? > > Robbie Dinn > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Regards, David F Barrera Linux Technology Center Systems and Technology Group, IBM "The wisest men follow their own direction. " Euripides _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Ian Pratt
2005-Jun-13 18:43 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] No video display, SuSE kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7
> This is a strange one. On upgraging to SuSE > kernel-2.6.11.4-21.7, I have suddenly found that I loose the > video on boot up! The video disappears very early in boot, > possibly while Xen hypervisor is starting, printing out the > physical memory map.> I have also tried a xen-2.0-testing that I compiled myself > (with the rev 1.1899 "Ensure we only handle writable > pagetable faults taken in guest kernel") Same outcomeOdd. Please can you try the kernel that shipped with Xen 2.0.5 to see if we can narrow down when the issue was introduced. Are you sure you haven''t got any vga related settings in your grub config that may have changed? What graphics card do you have? Best, Ian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Robbie Dinn
2005-Jun-13 19:17 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] No video display, SuSE kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7
David F Barrera wrote:>>My grub config: >> >>title XEN >> kernel (hd0,0)/xen.gz dom0_mem=204800 >> module (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/system/dom0_root_hdc >>selinux=0 splash > > Try adding console=tty0 to the line above > > >>=silent showopts >> module (hd0,0)/initrd-xen >> >Definitely worth a try! The new grub boot lines: title XEN 9.3 /dev/system/root_9.3 kernel (hd0,1)/i386/xen-2.0-testing.gz dom0_mem=512000 module (hd0,1)/i386/vmlinuz-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen root=/dev/system/root_9.3 selinux=0 splash=silent showopts console=tty0 module (hd0,1)/i386/initrd-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen Outcome: No change in behaviour. Screen goes black after maybe 1/5 second, no more than that, after selecting grub boot menu item. I am testing with the Mitac laptop here, Xen and xenlinnux are RPM''s from Kurt Garloff''s web page. There is something printed before it all goes black it''s just to quick for the eye. Maybe I could capture the screen contents with a darkened room and a camera :) _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Robbie Dinn
2005-Jun-13 20:12 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] No video display, SuSE kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7
Hello Ian Ian Pratt wrote:> > > >>This is a strange one. On upgraging to SuSE >>kernel-2.6.11.4-21.7, I have suddenly found that I loose the >>video on boot up! The video disappears very early in boot, >>possibly while Xen hypervisor is starting, printing out the >>physical memory map. > > >>I have also tried a xen-2.0-testing that I compiled myself >>(with the rev 1.1899 "Ensure we only handle writable >>pagetable faults taken in guest kernel") Same outcome > > > Odd. Please can you try the kernel that shipped with Xen 2.0.5 to see if > we can narrow down when the issue was introduced.I have down loaded various sources and binaries from both www.cl.cam.ac.uk and from www.suse.de/~garloff/linux/xen/ . I will try various combinations of these tonight.> > Are you sure you haven''t got any vga related settings in your grub > config that may have changed?I don''t remember making any changes to the grub config, other than specifying different xen image or dom0 kernels or dom0 root images. Specifically I don''t have a linux kernel vga=whatever command line parameter. I believe I have been using the ordinary VGA text mode console, not a vesa framebuffer and not one of the vga chipset specific framebuffer drivers either ( at least not intensionally). Part of the reason I don''t use the VESA frame buffer is that I can never remember numbers for the modes. > What graphics card do you have? Ah, well we are a hardware manufacturer, so we have quite a few different types! I have to beg from from the other engineers to get access to them though. I have just been looking through the xen documentation to what other command line parameters there are for xen and linux. xen''s consoleI don''t have this set currently. The default looks sensible, but maybe I should try one of the other settings? linux''s consoleI tried console=tty0 at David Barrera''s suggestion, no joy though. linux''s xenconsI am not sure I understand from the description what this does or if it is of interest. Robbie Dinn _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Robbie Dinn
2005-Jun-14 13:04 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] No video display, SuSE kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.7
Hi, I am going to start a new thread on xen-devel list with some test results. Ian Pratt wrote:> > Odd. Please can you try the kernel that shipped with Xen 2.0.5 to see if > we can narrow down when the issue was introduced. > > Are you sure you haven''t got any vga related settings in your grub > config that may have changed? What graphics card do you have? > > Best, > Ian > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users