Xen users - Jun 2012 - "No text console available" when trying to get the console of a just created VM from a template on XCP

Hi there,

I am trying to set up XCP on Ubuntu 12.04. I went through the
procedure given in the README file of the xcp-xapi package and reached
the point where the hypervisor seems to be running fine. I set up a VM
using the Debian Squeeze (64bit) template and started it, giving a
Debian mirror URL as install-repository.

Running "xe vm-list" reports that the machine is running, but when I
try to open the console (xe console vm=$vm), I am getting "No text
console available". Here is the tail of /var/log/xcp-xapi.log:

[20120620T03:10:54.593Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Sleeping until next
event (125.596663 seconds)
[20120620T03:11:26.650Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|5 dbflush
[/var/lib/xcp/state.db]||redo_log] Flushing database to all active
redo-logs
[20120620T03:11:53.273Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] xe console
vm=8be7130d-1f7a-b161-e618-8ea96b40673d username=root password=null
[20120620T03:11:53.274Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.login_with_password D:1de8b836546f|xapi]
Session.create trackid=3a72e74672306119668c1ba10bd8034a pool=false
uname=root is_local_superuser=true
auth_user_sidparent=trackid=9834f5af41c964e225f24279aefe4e49
[20120620T03:11:53.275Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.login_with_password D:1de8b836546f|xapi]
Attempting to open /var/lib/xcp/xapi
[20120620T03:11:53.275Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|447 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi||dummytaskhelper] task dispatch:session.get_uuid
D:e9f7e5731bf5 created by task D:1de8b836546f
[20120620T03:11:53.280Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi||xapi] Raised at cli_operations.ml:2230.11-28 ->
xapi_cli.ml:119.18-58 -> pervasiveext.ml:22.2-9
[20120620T03:11:53.281Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.logout D:09ffb8aa1537|xapi] Session.destroy
trackid=3a72e74672306119668c1ba10bd8034a
[20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi||backtrace] Raised at pervasiveext.ml:26.22-25 ->
xapi_cli.ml:118.2-139 -> xapi_cli.ml:205.7-44 -> xapi_cli.ml:257.4-23
[20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] Xapi_cli.exception_handler: Got exception
INTERNAL_ERROR: [ Cli_operations.ExitWithError(1) ]
[20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
/var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] Raised at string.ml:150.25-34 ->
stringext.ml:108.13-29
[20120620T03:13:00.288Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Adding function
Logrotate to queue, start=300.000000, type=Periodic(300.000000)
[20120620T03:13:00.288Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Sleeping until next
event (166.403424 seconds)

Any idea of what I am missing? Actually I do not know what is
happening when launching a vm built from a template, is it supposed to
start the distribution''s installer? Is it in text mode (my ubuntu
instance does not have an X server)?

Sylvain

Its possibly because qemu is looking for keymaps in /usr/share/qemu/keymaps
and on Ubuntu 12.04 they are in /usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps.
link /usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps to /usr/share/qemu/keymaps and restart
the installation process.


~Francis


On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Sylvain Chevalier <
sylvain.chevalier@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to set up XCP on Ubuntu 12.04. I went through the
> procedure given in the README file of the xcp-xapi package and reached
> the point where the hypervisor seems to be running fine. I set up a VM
> using the Debian Squeeze (64bit) template and started it, giving a
> Debian mirror URL as install-repository.
>
> Running "xe vm-list" reports that the machine is running, but
when I
> try to open the console (xe console vm=$vm), I am getting "No text
> console available". Here is the tail of /var/log/xcp-xapi.log:
>
> [20120620T03:10:54.593Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
> scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Sleeping until next
> event (125.596663 seconds)
> [20120620T03:11:26.650Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|5 dbflush
> [/var/lib/xcp/state.db]||redo_log] Flushing database to all active
> redo-logs
> [20120620T03:11:53.273Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] xe console
> vm=8be7130d-1f7a-b161-e618-8ea96b40673d username=root password=null
> [20120620T03:11:53.274Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.login_with_password D:1de8b836546f|xapi]
> Session.create trackid=3a72e74672306119668c1ba10bd8034a pool=false
> uname=root is_local_superuser=true auth_user_sid>
parent=trackid=9834f5af41c964e225f24279aefe4e49
> [20120620T03:11:53.275Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.login_with_password D:1de8b836546f|xapi]
> Attempting to open /var/lib/xcp/xapi
> [20120620T03:11:53.275Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|447 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||dummytaskhelper] task dispatch:session.get_uuid
> D:e9f7e5731bf5 created by task D:1de8b836546f
> [20120620T03:11:53.280Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||xapi] Raised at cli_operations.ml:2230.11-28 ->
> xapi_cli.ml:119.18-58 -> pervasiveext.ml:22.2-9
> [20120620T03:11:53.281Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.logout D:09ffb8aa1537|xapi] Session.destroy
> trackid=3a72e74672306119668c1ba10bd8034a
> [20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||backtrace] Raised at pervasiveext.ml:26.22-25 ->
> xapi_cli.ml:118.2-139 -> xapi_cli.ml:205.7-44 -> xapi_cli.ml:257.4-23
> [20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] Xapi_cli.exception_handler: Got exception
> INTERNAL_ERROR: [ Cli_operations.ExitWithError(1) ]
> [20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] Raised at string.ml:150.25-34 ->
> stringext.ml:108.13-29
> [20120620T03:13:00.288Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
> scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Adding function
> Logrotate to queue, start=300.000000, type=Periodic(300.000000)
> [20120620T03:13:00.288Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
> scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Sleeping until next
> event (166.403424 seconds)
>
> Any idea of what I am missing? Actually I do not know what is
> happening when launching a vm built from a template, is it supposed to
> start the distribution''s installer? Is it in text mode (my ubuntu
> instance does not have an X server)?
>
> Sylvain
>
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That worked, thanks a lot Francis!

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Francis Pereira
<francispereira@7terminals.com> wrote:
> Its possibly because qemu is looking for keymaps in /usr/share/qemu/keymaps
> and on Ubuntu 12.04 they are in /usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps.
> link /usr/share/qemu-linaro/keymaps to /usr/share/qemu/keymaps and restart
> the installation process.
>
>
> ~Francis
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Sylvain Chevalier
> <sylvain.chevalier@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am trying to set up XCP on Ubuntu 12.04. I went through the
>> procedure given in the README file of the xcp-xapi package and reached
>> the point where the hypervisor seems to be running fine. I set up a VM
>> using the Debian Squeeze (64bit) template and started it, giving a
>> Debian mirror URL as install-repository.
>>
>> Running "xe vm-list" reports that the machine is running, but
when I
>> try to open the console (xe console vm=$vm), I am getting "No text
>> console available". Here is the tail of /var/log/xcp-xapi.log:
>>
>> [20120620T03:10:54.593Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
>> scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Sleeping until next
>> event (125.596663 seconds)
>> [20120620T03:11:26.650Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|5 dbflush
>> [/var/lib/xcp/state.db]||redo_log] Flushing database to all active
>> redo-logs
>> [20120620T03:11:53.273Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] xe console
>> vm=8be7130d-1f7a-b161-e618-8ea96b40673d username=root password=null
>> [20120620T03:11:53.274Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.login_with_password D:1de8b836546f|xapi]
>> Session.create trackid=3a72e74672306119668c1ba10bd8034a pool=false
>> uname=root is_local_superuser=true auth_user_sid>>
parent=trackid=9834f5af41c964e225f24279aefe4e49
>> [20120620T03:11:53.275Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.login_with_password D:1de8b836546f|xapi]
>> Attempting to open /var/lib/xcp/xapi
>> [20120620T03:11:53.275Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|447 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||dummytaskhelper] task dispatch:session.get_uuid
>> D:e9f7e5731bf5 created by task D:1de8b836546f
>> [20120620T03:11:53.280Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||xapi] Raised at cli_operations.ml:2230.11-28 ->
>> xapi_cli.ml:119.18-58 -> pervasiveext.ml:22.2-9
>> [20120620T03:11:53.281Z| info|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi|session.logout D:09ffb8aa1537|xapi] Session.destroy
>> trackid=3a72e74672306119668c1ba10bd8034a
>> [20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||backtrace] Raised at pervasiveext.ml:26.22-25 ->
>> xapi_cli.ml:118.2-139 -> xapi_cli.ml:205.7-44 ->
xapi_cli.ml:257.4-23
>> [20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] Xapi_cli.exception_handler: Got exception
>> INTERNAL_ERROR: [ Cli_operations.ExitWithError(1) ]
>> [20120620T03:11:53.282Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|446 UNIX
>> /var/lib/xcp/xapi||cli] Raised at string.ml:150.25-34 ->
>> stringext.ml:108.13-29
>> [20120620T03:13:00.288Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
>> scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Adding function
>> Logrotate to queue, start=300.000000, type=Periodic(300.000000)
>> [20120620T03:13:00.288Z|debug|ubuntu-xcp|19|Starting periodic
>> scheduler D:221bb36fb9c6|backgroundscheduler] Sleeping until next
>> event (166.403424 seconds)
>>
>> Any idea of what I am missing? Actually I do not know what is
>> happening when launching a vm built from a template, is it supposed to
>> start the distribution''s installer? Is it in text mode (my
ubuntu
>> instance does not have an X server)?
>>
>> Sylvain
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-users mailing list
>> Xen-users@lists.xen.org
>> http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
>
>