Xen users - Dec 2008 - Xen - Windows Server 2003 - Keyboard won''t connect under VNC

Hi All,

There must be a really obvious answer to this question as I have found
zilch anywhere one the ''Net on this. So please forgive what may be a
stupid question.

I have a new server with Debian Etch (AMD64) and the Xen kernel installed.
I have so far gotten as far as successfully firing up a virtual machine
and getting it to read the CD and begin a Windows 2003 R2 installation.

I have set the virtual machine to use VNC and when I fire up VNC I can log
into the virtual machine on localhost.

I have attempted the "Hit F5" trick to install a standard PC but it
seems
that I cannot get the keyboard to be recognised. So the setup goes on
unabated and basically hangs.


I have tried just about every flavour of vncviewer on the planet,
including realvnc but no joy. The version of Server 2003 is 32 bit but I
have also tried the 64 bit server and it makes no difference. Same thing
for an attempted Windows XP install.

On the other hand, I have been able to start up the installations for
Oracle Linux and a virtual Debian Etch off the CD drive without a problem
with full keyboard access.

I have seen a few notes on various forums asking similar questions but
they were met with a deafening silence. This usually means that the answer
is so painfully obvious it does not bear answering ....

I must have my face pressed REAL close up to the wall then ..... happy to
declare stupidity on my part if someone can at least give me a hint ......
:-)

Cheers
George







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> Hi All,
> 
> There must be a really obvious answer to this question as I have found
> zilch anywhere one the ''Net on this. So please forgive what may be
a
> stupid question.
> 
> I have a new server with Debian Etch (AMD64) and the Xen kernel
installed.
> I have so far gotten as far as successfully firing up a virtual
machine
> and getting it to read the CD and begin a Windows 2003 R2
installation.
> 
Are you using the Etch Xen packages (3.0.3 or something equally old),
the Etch Backports Xen packages (3.2.1 I think), or have you installed
from XenSource (3.3.0)?

I could barely get the Etch packages running at all when I tried them,
but I used the ones from Backports for quite a while without any major
problems (except they are broken for windows 2008).

I highly recommend that you uninstall all the Debian Xen packages and
install 3.3.0 directly, assuming you are familiar with building kernels
etc.

James

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Thanks for this James,

Yes I could recompile. I was considering moving up to Etch and a Half
but I note that support in the kernel for Xen is broken.

Given that this will have to be a production machine soon, I''ll check
for a backport and failing this, recompile the kernel with Xen 3.3.

The damnable thing about all this is that it is only affecting Windows.
Just about every other O/S I have thrown at the current Xen setup has
been fine, at least through the initial install phase . And VirtualBox
works without a hitch.

Windows .............

Will report back.

Cheers
G.


On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 20:53 +1100, James Harper wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > There must be a really obvious answer to this question as I have found
> > zilch anywhere one the ''Net on this. So please forgive what
may be a
> > stupid question.
> > 
> > I have a new server with Debian Etch (AMD64) and the Xen kernel
> installed.
> > I have so far gotten as far as successfully firing up a virtual
> machine
> > and getting it to read the CD and begin a Windows 2003 R2
> installation.
> > 
> 
> Are you using the Etch Xen packages (3.0.3 or something equally old),
> the Etch Backports Xen packages (3.2.1 I think), or have you installed
> from XenSource (3.3.0)?
> 
> I could barely get the Etch packages running at all when I tried them,
> but I used the ones from Backports for quite a while without any major
> problems (except they are broken for windows 2008).
> 
> I highly recommend that you uninstall all the Debian Xen packages and
> install 3.3.0 directly, assuming you are familiar with building kernels
> etc.
> 
> James
> 
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