RE: [Xen-users] Xen failing to boot under Debian Etch. (FATAL TRAP)

["Kilburn, Preston" <preston.kilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure if this is helpful or not, but we are running basically the
same setup:
2x Quadcores
16 Gig RAM
Intel S5000PSL (S instead of A) 

It could be that you have an older rev of the hardware that isn't able
to upgrade properly.  Not sure if you've checked it out - but there is a
matrix on Intel's website:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-023585.htm


-PK
-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Ray
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 3:06 AM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] Xen failing to boot under Debian Etch. (FATAL TRAP)

Hi,
        Running xen on a Debian Etch platform and about every 1 in 10
boots I am getting the following error:
(XEN) ************************************
(XEN) CPU0 FATAL TRAP 6 (invalid opcode), ERROR_CODE 0000, IN INTERRUPT
CONTEXT.
(XEN) System shutting down -- need manual reset.
(XEN) ************************************

(I have attached a file with the full output also of an OK boot and a
failed one also).

This is a Quad-Core, Dual CPU system currently running with 4Gb of RAM
with a Intel S5000PAL server motherboard. I have tried tweaking around
the APIC options to be bigsmp to no help at all. I am kind of at a loss
right now as to how to progress. I have upgraded the BIOS to the latest
revision to no avail also.

Here are the xen package versions from my system:
# dpkg -l | egrep '(\||xen)'
| 
|Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                Version
Description
ii  linux-image-2.6-xen-amd64           2.6.18+6etch2
Linux kernel 2.6 image on AMD64
ii  linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-amd64      2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
Linux 2.6.18 image on AMD64
ii  linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64      2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2
Linux 2.6.18 image on AMD64
ii  linux-modules-2.6.18-4-xen-amd64    2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2
Linux 2.6.18 modules on AMD64
ii  linux-modules-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64    2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch2
Linux 2.6.18 modules on AMD64
ii  xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-amd64        3.0.3-0-2
The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64
ii  xen-ioemu-3.0.3-1                   3.0.3-0-2
XEN administrative tools
ii  xen-linux-system-2.6.18-4-xen-amd64 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 XEN system
with Linux 2.6.18 image on AMD64
ii  xen-tools                           2.8-2
Tools to manage debian XEN virtual servers
ii  xen-utils-3.0.3-1                   3.0.3-0-2
XEN administrative tools
ii  xen-utils-common                    3.0.3-0-2
XEN administrative tools - common files

And here is my grub boot section:
title           Xen 3.0.3-1-amd64 / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
2.6.18-5-xen-amd64
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /xen-3.0.3-1-amd64.gz com2=19200,8n1 console=com2
module          /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/hornet-root
ro console=ttyS1,19200 console=tty0
module          /initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64

If I can help with any further information please let me know. Anyone
any ideas on how to fix this problem?

(I will start running the Intel Platform Test Suite to check its not the
hardware, but I doubt it is since this happens the same on two identical
boxes)

-- 
James Ray.                          <j.ray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Computing Services
Queen Mary, University of London


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