Is anyone using xen 4.3 unstable on arch linux.? I wonder if anyone had compiled xen on up to date arch linux and is willing to share package. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:42 PM, jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt@gmail.com>wrote:> Is anyone using xen 4.3 unstable on arch linux.? I wonder if anyone had > compiled xen on up to date arch linux and is willing to share package. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users >There''s a nice AUR package that I''ve been using without problems. Link: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xen-hg-unstable/ I''ve been running it on Arch with no major issues. I just finished doing a pretty thorough rewrite of the Xen article on the archwiki. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen Let me know if there''s anything missing from that article, as I haven''t done a full install from scratch in a while. -- --Zootboy Sent from some sort of computing device. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
When did you compile this package last time ? Can you share buidl package ? On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Sean Greenslade <zootboysean@gmail.com>wrote:> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:42 PM, jacek burghardt < > jaceksburghardt@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is anyone using xen 4.3 unstable on arch linux.? I wonder if anyone had >> compiled xen on up to date arch linux and is willing to share package. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xen.org >> http://lists.xen.org/xen-users >> > > There''s a nice AUR package that I''ve been using without problems. Link: > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xen-hg-unstable/ > > I''ve been running it on Arch with no major issues. I just finished doing a > pretty thorough rewrite of the Xen article on the archwiki. > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen > > Let me know if there''s anything missing from that article, as I haven''t > done a full install from scratch in a while. > > > -- > --Zootboy > > Sent from some sort of computing device. >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:43 PM, jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt@gmail.com>wrote:> When did you compile this package last time ? Can you share buidl package > ? > > (Try not to top post)Last build is Feb. 13, hg rev 26527. http://mastermind.rh.rit.edu/xen-hg-unstable-26527-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz I can''t promise it''ll stay up for long. You should really build it yourself if you plan on playing with the unstable branch. -- --Zootboy Sent from some sort of computing device. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:20 AM, jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt@gmail.com>wrote:> I did quick testing and I get the same error on your last version that > on the one I compiled myself. I am looking forward to you testing the > package and see if you are getting same error > > Bringing this back on-list as this may be pertinent to others. I justupdated my server to the latest 4.3-unstable (26666) and all domains (PV and HVM) failed to run. Turns out the package "nss" is now needed for Xen. For arch, just run "pacman -S nss" and you''re golden. I''ve asked the maintainer of the xen-hg-unstable AUR package to add it to the deps list, too. -- --Zootboy Sent from some sort of computing device. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
Well i believe there is bug in xen and spice. When i tried to compile 26657 rev and it fails at booting hvm . On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Sean Greenslade <zootboysean@gmail.com>wrote:> > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:20 AM, jacek burghardt < > jaceksburghardt@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I did quick testing and I get the same error on your last version that >> on the one I compiled myself. I am looking forward to you testing the >> package and see if you are getting same error >> >> Bringing this back on-list as this may be pertinent to others. I just > updated my server to the latest 4.3-unstable (26666) and all domains (PV > and HVM) failed to run. Turns out the package "nss" is now needed for Xen. > > For arch, just run "pacman -S nss" and you''re golden. I''ve asked the > maintainer of the xen-hg-unstable AUR package to add it to the deps list, > too. > > > > -- > --Zootboy > > Sent from some sort of computing device. >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:34 PM, jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt@gmail.com> wrote:> Well i believe there is bug in xen and spice. When i tried to compile 26657 > rev and it fails at booting hvm . >Did you install nss (and maybe lib32-nss)? Can you boot a PV domain OK? Also, the rev that I got working was 26666. That''s the one I linked to the second time and that one works with PV and HVM domains. Also, some specific error messages wouldn''t hurt. "fails at booting" doesn''t give much to go on. -- --Zootboy Sent from some sort of computing device.
I get this error and I had installed nss for while. libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:612:libxl__build_hvm: hvm building failed libxl: error: libxl_create.c:900:domcreate_rebuild_done: cannot (re-)build domain: -3 libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1262:libxl__destroy_device_model: could not find device-model''s pid for dom 11 libxl: error: libxl.c:1414:libxl__destroy_domid: libxl__destroy_device_model failed for 11 On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:34 PM, jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt@gmail.com>wrote:> Well i believe there is bug in xen and spice. When i tried to compile > 26657 rev and it fails at booting hvm . > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Sean Greenslade <zootboysean@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:20 AM, jacek burghardt < >> jaceksburghardt@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I did quick testing and I get the same error on your last version that >>> on the one I compiled myself. I am looking forward to you testing the >>> package and see if you are getting same error >>> >>> Bringing this back on-list as this may be pertinent to others. I just >> updated my server to the latest 4.3-unstable (26666) and all domains (PV >> and HVM) failed to run. Turns out the package "nss" is now needed for Xen. >> >> For arch, just run "pacman -S nss" and you''re golden. I''ve asked the >> maintainer of the xen-hg-unstable AUR package to add it to the deps list, >> too. >> >> >> >> -- >> --Zootboy >> >> Sent from some sort of computing device. >> > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
I had nss installed when I compiled the package I did not install lib32-nss I will try that. It seems that creation of hvm was rewritten in source code I don''t know that what is causing issue. I compiled 26527 with spice myself and that worked fine On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Sean Greenslade <zootboysean@gmail.com>wrote:> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:34 PM, jacek burghardt > <jaceksburghardt@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well i believe there is bug in xen and spice. When i tried to compile > 26657 > > rev and it fails at booting hvm . > > > > Did you install nss (and maybe lib32-nss)? Can you boot a PV domain > OK? Also, the rev that I got working was 26666. That''s the one I > linked to the second time and that one works with PV and HVM domains. > > Also, some specific error messages wouldn''t hurt. "fails at booting" > doesn''t give much to go on. > > -- > --Zootboy > > Sent from some sort of computing device. >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:41 AM, jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt@gmail.com> wrote:> I get this error and I had installed nss for while. > libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:612:libxl__build_hvm: hvm building failed > libxl: error: libxl_create.c:900:domcreate_rebuild_done: cannot (re-)build > domain: -3 > libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1262:libxl__destroy_device_model: could not find > device-model''s pid for dom 11 > libxl: error: libxl.c:1414:libxl__destroy_domid: libxl__destroy_device_model > failed for 11That was the same error I got on 26666, and installing nss on the dom0 host fixed it. Unfortunately, I don''t know anything about spice, so I can''t be of much help with that. -- --Zootboy Sent from some sort of computing device.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Daniel Shub <Daniel.Shub@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:> Sorry for hijacking an old xen-users thread. I hoping to enlist your help in > getting the Arch Xen wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen) into > better shape. I know Zootboy made some changes a few months ago, and I > recently edited a fair amount, but it is still not very good. It doesn’t > cover efi boot at all or anything like PCI passthrough. Hope you will take a > look at what I have edited and make it better. > > DanYou seem to have not included the list in your email. Don't forget to reply-all. Although I would never suggest that anyone _not_ improve the wiki, the topics that you mention are general topics for Xen that do not pertain solely to arch. The Xen project already has a wiki, see [1] for an example. Also, I have been following the EFI saga a bit, and it seems that even upstream has issues getting it to work reliably. I don't think it's so much a documentation issue as a code issue. I would love to help out, but I unfortunately do not have any EFI motherboards to test Xen on. The Xen project has documentation days the last Monday of every month [2]. If you'd like to help out, the upstream Wiki could always use some work, and I feel that work documenting the usage of core features of Xen would be better utilized upstream than in a distro-specific wiki. But please, discourse is always welcome. Let me know what you think. (Also, I'm in the midst of migrating emails. zootboysean@gmail.com and sean@seangreenslade.com are both my email addresses, and I may reply from either.) [1] http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough [2] http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Document_Days -- --Zootboy Sent from some sort of computing device. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
I thought about trying to contribute to the Beginners Guide[1], but I don't know enough about Debian to help out on the Debian specific parts and I don't know enough about Xen to help out on the Xen specific parts. I think the Arch Xen wiki[2] is essentially the Beginners Guide but with a little less Xen specific stuff and replacing the Debian parts with more complete Arch parts. I guess maybe my hope was that some "downstream" wiki work would eventually be useful upstream. [1] http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Beginners_Guide [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Greenslade [mailto:zootboysean@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 4:47 PM > To: Daniel Shub > Cc: jacek burghardt; xen-users > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] xen on arch linux > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Daniel Shub > <Daniel.Shub@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > > Sorry for hijacking an old xen-users thread. I hoping to enlist your > > help in getting the Arch Xen wiki > > (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen) into better shape. I know > > Zootboy made some changes a few months ago, and I recently edited a > > fair amount, but it is still not very good. It doesn’t cover efi boot > > at all or anything like PCI passthrough. Hope you will take a look at > what I have edited and make it better. > > > > Dan > > You seem to have not included the list in your email. Don't forget to > reply-all. > > Although I would never suggest that anyone _not_ improve the wiki, the > topics that you mention are general topics for Xen that do not pertain > solely to arch. The Xen project already has a wiki, see [1] for an > example. > > Also, I have been following the EFI saga a bit, and it seems that even > upstream has issues getting it to work reliably. I don't think it's so > much a documentation issue as a code issue. I would love to help out, > but I unfortunately do not have any EFI motherboards to test Xen on. > > The Xen project has documentation days the last Monday of every month > [2]. If you'd like to help out, the upstream Wiki could always use some > work, and I feel that work documenting the usage of core features of > Xen would be better utilized upstream than in a distro-specific wiki. > > But please, discourse is always welcome. Let me know what you think. > (Also, I'm in the midst of migrating emails. zootboysean@gmail.com and > sean@seangreenslade.com are both my email addresses, and I may reply > from either.) > > [1] http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_PCI_Passthrough > [2] http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Document_Days > > -- > --Zootboy > > Sent from some sort of computing device._______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 05:53:10PM +0100, Daniel Shub wrote:> I thought about trying to contribute to the Beginners Guide[1], but I don''t know enough about Debian to help out on the Debian specific parts and I don''t know enough about Xen to help out on the Xen specific parts. I think the Arch Xen wiki[2] is essentially the Beginners Guide but with a little less Xen specific stuff and replacing the Debian parts with more complete Arch parts. I guess maybe my hope was that some "downstream" wiki work would eventually be useful upstream. > > [1] http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Beginners_Guide > [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen >(Please avoid top-posting) As I said, any contributions are welcome. If you can only offer Arch-specific advice, by all means add to the Arch Wiki. If you have something that is more generalized (such as PCI passthrough, which in all likelihood does not depend on the specific distro you are using), contribute it to the upstream wiki. And never fear that you have too little to contribute. Even if you just fix typos or add in a small suggestion, you make the wiki better as a whole (ArchWiki or XenWiki or even Wikipedia). That''s the point of wikis, after all. And remember that the discussion pages are there. I know that there are some good suggestions right now on the ArchWiki Xen discussion page. If you want to test the suggested changes and add them to the main page if they work, that would be another fairly easy way to contribute. --Sean
On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 13:55 -0400, Sean Greenslade wrote:> On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 05:53:10PM +0100, Daniel Shub wrote: > > I thought about trying to contribute to the Beginners Guide[1], but I don''t know enough about Debian to help out on the Debian specific parts and I don''t know enough about Xen to help out on the Xen specific parts. I think the Arch Xen wiki[2] is essentially the Beginners Guide but with a little less Xen specific stuff and replacing the Debian parts with more complete Arch parts. I guess maybe my hope was that some "downstream" wiki work would eventually be useful upstream. > > > > [1] http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Beginners_Guide > > [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xen > > > (Please avoid top-posting) > > As I said, any contributions are welcome.Likewise to wiki.xen.org but please be aware that due to an ongoing SPAM attack we are having to manually give new users write permissions. Either mail me your Xen wiki user name or ask on freenode #xendocs where someone will take care of you. WRT where to contribute to the Xen wiki, some thoughts: Checking that all the subpages linked from http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Getting_Started lead to useful Arch Linux advice (on either wiki) would be useful. e.g. checking that the Arch entry on http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Category:Host_Install is up to date etc. http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Category:Arch_Linux is a bit sparse. It''s fine to just link to pages on external wikis (we are happy for the content to live on either and cross reference as needed) but it could perhaps stand to be given a bit more structure and/or substance and perhaps track down some other useful content. BTW I notice that 3 out of the 4 links on that page are broken -- I suspect they are linking to wiki.xen.org when the intention was for them to go to the Arch linux wiki. Lastly there is the doc day TODO at http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Document_Days/TODO which has a bunch of stuff on it which you might be able to tackle -- no need to wait for a doc day. Ian.