RE: [Xen-users] Windows on Xen+VT

Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
2005-09-15T20:48:46Z

John,

When I did an "xm create", I got the following error...

Using config file "vmx1".
VNC= 1
(-2, ''Name or service not known'')
Error: Error connecting to xend, is xend running?
xen-vt:~/xen/vm # vncviewer-log -listen: Listening on port 11001 (flash
port 10901)
vncviewer-log -listen: Command line errors are not reported until a
connection comes in.

And xend is running. I am able to create a VMX domain using SDL.

Any ideas?
Thanks
Aravindh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wilson [mailto:j.wilson@student.manchester.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:54 PM
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Windows on Xen+VT
>
> How I managed to get VMX up and running:
>
> 1) Perform a Xen 3.0 source build with libvncserver installed
> 2) Modify the VMX config file and ''xm create -f vmx.img''
> 3) After confirmation of domain creation, ''netstat -nat''
to look for
the
> vnc server (on port 590X)... mine was located at ip 0.0.0.0:5901
> 4) vncviewer 0.0.0.0:5901
>
> And the VNC window opens up displaying the VMX domain in all its
wonderful
> glory:-)
>
> My config file was just the vmx example with the image file changed.
>
> John
>
> Quoting "Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh"
> > John,
> >
> > I have been trying to get VNC to work with VMX domains. I have the
> > libvnc library installed. I have been able to get it working only
get
> > SDL. Could you please tell me what steps you followed? It would also
be
> > helpful if you could get me a copy of your Windows VMX
domain''s xm
> > config file.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aravindh
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John Wilson [mailto:j.wilson@student.manchester.ac.uk]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:55 PM
> >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> >> Subject: [Xen-users] Windows on Xen+VT
> >>
> >> To all you guys who have managed to get Windows up on Xen...
> >>
> >> Its early days for me as I only figured out how to get it up and
> > running
> >> through vnc today, but basically it runs rather slowly, and I
wonder
> > if
> >> anyone has any experience on ''best practices''
and such when
creating
> > WinXP
> >> virtual machines.
> >>
> >> I''m currently using an image that boots to windows setup
I made
using
> >> QEMU,
> >> and it boots fine, tells me its resuming setup, then blue screens
with
> > a
> >> reference to an infinite loop being detected in the framebuf
driver.
> >> (Although I think it might just be detecting extreme slowness as
this
> >> infinite loop).
> >>
> >> 1) So how to speed it up/why would it be going so slowly? (my
linux
> > VMX
> >> machines don''t exactly burn rubber either)
> >> 2) Should I fully install windows onto the image with QEMU first?
> >> 3) Should the video output be configured for full screen, as
opposed
> > to
> >> windowed as it is currently?
> >> 4)Is there any possibility at all that a VMX domain (especially
> > windows)
> >> could be run on a non-VT machine? (Beacause its a very new
> > pre-production
> >> bios and platform, and even though it''s set up in the
bios for VT,
I
> > don''t
> >> really trust it and it seems a little suspiciously slow... I
suppose I
> >> could test this in the lab really:-)
> >> 5) Anything else I should know?
> >>
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >
> >