Xen users - Oct 2008 - Problem installing WinXP in Xen on Debian etch

Hi xen users,

Recently, I am trying to install windows xp using hvm with the below config
file:

kernel = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader''
builder = ''hvm''
memory = 1024
device_model=''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''

#Disks
disk =
[''file:/mount/extended/vm_image/xp_disk.img,ioemu:hda,w'']
cdrom="/home/billy/winxp_sp3.iso"

# Hostname
name = ''windows''

# Networking
vif = [''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'']

# Behavior
boot=''d''
vnc=1
sdl=0
serial=''pty''



The problem that I have is that as I create this domain, it says
Using config file "./windows"
Started domain windows

but there is no window popping up. As I do xm list
there is a domain called windows with ID and VCPU with state
''r'', and time
continuously running.

Oh, and btw, when I do a vncviewer localhost:5900, I only get a white
screen.


Can anyone please help?
Thanks,
- billy


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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:17 PM, billy lau <billylau@umich.edu>
wrote:
>
> Hi xen users,
>
> Recently, I am trying to install windows xp using hvm with the below config
file:
>
> kernel = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader''
> builder = ''hvm''
> memory = 1024
> device_model=''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
>
> #Disks
> disk =
[''file:/mount/extended/vm_image/xp_disk.img,ioemu:hda,w'']
> cdrom="/home/billy/winxp_sp3.iso"
>
> # Hostname
> name = ''windows''
>
> # Networking
> vif = [''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'']
>
> # Behavior
> boot=''d''
> vnc=1
> sdl=0
> serial=''pty''
>
>
>
> The problem that I have is that as I create this domain, it says
> Using config file "./windows"
> Started domain windows
>
> but there is no window popping up. As I do xm list
> there is a domain called windows with ID and VCPU with state
''r'', and time continuously running.
>
> Oh, and btw, when I do a vncviewer localhost:5900, I only get a white
screen.
>
>
> Can anyone please help?
Can you use a newer version of Xen?

or did you try using sdl=1?

In Xen starting in 3.3, you should use vncviewer="yes" and that loads
the vnc windows automatically.

If you can''t use a newer version of Xen, take a look in
/var/log/xen/qemu* for errors.

Actually looking again at the config, get rid of the cdrom= line and instead
add the cdrom to the disk line:

something like:

disk =
[''file:/mount/extended/vm_image/xp_disk.img,ioemu:hda,w'',
''file:/home/billy/winxp_sp3.iso, hdc:cdrom,r'']

Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Todd

--
Todd Deshane
http://todddeshane.net
http://runningxen.com

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Quoting billy lau <billylau@umich.edu>:
> Hi xen users,
>
> Recently, I am trying to install windows xp using hvm with the below config
> file:
>
> kernel = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader''
> builder = ''hvm''
> memory = 1024
> device_model=''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
>
> #Disks
> disk =
[''file:/mount/extended/vm_image/xp_disk.img,ioemu:hda,w'']
> cdrom="/home/billy/winxp_sp3.iso"
>
> # Hostname
> name = ''windows''
>
> # Networking
> vif = [''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'']
>
> # Behavior
> boot=''d''
> vnc=1
> sdl=0
> serial=''pty''
>
>
>
> The problem that I have is that as I create this domain, it says
> Using config file "./windows"
> Started domain windows
>
> but there is no window popping up. As I do xm list
> there is a domain called windows with ID and VCPU with state
''r'', and time
> continuously running.
>
> Oh, and btw, when I do a vncviewer localhost:5900, I only get a white
> screen.
>
>
> Can anyone please help?
> Thanks,
> - billy
>
Hello Billy,

What does netstat -an show? Try putting vncunused=0 and  
vnclisten=0.0.0.0 in your config file as well.

Jon



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Okay, it turns out that the hvmloader that I use is having problem, because
now, I am using a recompiled hvmloader, and then everything works out
charmingly, except that now, my vnc window tends to go off by itself
whenever I changes windows resolution. Any ideas with that?

thanks,
- billy


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