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

Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
2005-09-16T15:28:30Z

Mark,

I have vnc=1 and vncviewer=1. I am getting the following error message
when I do an "xm create -f"

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. BTW I
have installed libvncserver.

Any idea why this is happening?

Aravindh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Williamson [mailto:mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:33 PM
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Cc: John Wilson; Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows on Xen+VT
>
> You should be able to spawn the vncviewer automatically from xm (and
have
> the
> device emulation automatically connect to it).  Try setting: vnc=1 to
> start
> the server and vncviewer=''yes'' in the config to spawn a
VNC viewer
>
> It should work - otherwise the code in create.py and image.py can
probably
> be
> hacked to fix it without too much difficulty.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> On Thursday 15 September 2005 19:53, John Wilson wrote:
> > 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
> >
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