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[Xen-users] XL Toolstack console doesn't work. XM Toolstack console does

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Subject: [Xen-users] XL Toolstack console doesn't work. XM Toolstack console does work.
From: Iain Kay <spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 15:45:27 +0100
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Hey all,

I've been having a strange issue since upgrading to Xen 4.1.0 on CentOS 5.6 
host OS. Running on jeremy's 2.6.32.x kernel.

Working with the XM Toolstack I am able to create PV domU's and can attach to 
their consoles. However when I create the same domU with XL Toolstack I am 
unable to connect to the console, either with XL or XM.

Here's my steps I've followed to produce this:

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From a clean boot:
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xl create /etc/xen/truestream

>> Parsing config file /etc/xen/truestream
>> Daemon running with PID 4647

xl list

>> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs   State   Time(s)
>> Domain-0                                     0   512     2     r-----      
>> 17.9
>> truestream                                   2  2048     1     r-----      
>> 43.8

xm list

>> Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs      State   
>> Time(s)
>> Domain-0                                     0   512     2     r-----     
>> 18.0
>> truestream                                   2  2048     1     r-----     
>> 57.1

xl console 2

>> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory

xm console 2

>> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory

shutdown -r now

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Again from a clean boot.
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xm create /etc/xen/truestream

>> Using config file "/etc/xen/truestream".
>> Started domain truestream (id=1)

xm console 1

*jumps to working console*

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Contents of /etc/xen/truestream
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kernel = "/boot/dom_U/ubuntu/10.04/x86_64/vmlinuz"
ramdisk = "/boot/dom_U/ubuntu/10.04/x86_64/initrd.gz"
builder='linux'
memory = 2048
name = "truestream"
vcpus = "4"
vif = [ 'vifname=truestream,ip=xx.xx.xx.xx' ]
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg0/www.truestream.co.uk,xvda,w' ]
root = "/dev/xvda1 ro"
extra = "4"
on_poweroff = "destroy"
on_reboot = "restart"
on_crash = "restart"

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Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. FYI I do have the correct line in 
/etc/inittab. When I create the domU with XM Toolstack the routed networking is 
fully functional.

Cheers in advance for any ideas at all!

Iain Kay
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