[Fedora-xen] libvir: Xen error on Guest install - Fedora 6 64-bit

[achan at jonathan360.com]

It appears that HVM does NOT support console.  I haven't been able to 
verifty that though, just from a few obscure posts I've read.

achan at jonathan360.com wrote:
> I'm having difficulties getting Xen to run on Fedora 6 64-bit.  The 
> host system is a dual core opteron server with 1gb of ram.  This 
> server does not have X installed and is only reachable via ssh, so any 
> graphical tools can't be used.
>
> I have the following installed
>
> xen-3.0.3-9
> libvirt-0.3.1-1
> kernel-xen-2.6.20-1.3001
>
> The xen kernel loads fine:
>
> Linux removed.removed.com 2.6.20-1.3001.fc6xen #1 SMP Thu Aug 9 
> 16:18:42 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> and domU is up and running:
>
> Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State   
> Time(s)
> Domain-0                                   0      723     2 r-----     
> 30.9
>
> When i use virt-install i get the following
>
> virt-install --nographic
> Would you like a fully virtualized guest (yes or no)?  This will allow 
> you to run unmodified operating systems. yes
> What is the name of your virtual machine? ostrich
> How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 256
> What would you like to use as the disk (path)? 
> /usr/virtualServers/ostrich.iso
> How large would you like the disk (/usr/virtualServers/ostrich.iso) to 
> be (in gigabytes)? 4
> What is the virtual CD image, CD device or install location? 
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/7/Fedora/x86_64/os/
>
> Starting install...
> libvir: Xen error : Domain not found: xenUnifiedDomainLookupByUUID
> Retrieving file Fedora...                                       286 kB 
> 00:01
> Retrieving file boot.iso. 100% |=========================| 7.8 MB    
> 00:17
> libvir: Xen error : Domain not found: xenUnifiedDomainLookupByName
> Creating storage file...  100% |=========================| 4.0 GB    
> 00:00
> Creating domain...                                                 0 B 
> 00:01
> Domain installation still in progress.  You can reconnect to
> the console to complete the installation process.
>
> At this point I get dumped back to a command prompt.  If i try to 
> reconnect to the console, I get:
>
> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
>
> I have no idea what to do from this point.  I have checked log files 
> however I can't find what's wrong.  xend.log shows
>
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:472) 
> hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/3/768/hotplug-status.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:486) 
> hotplugStatusCallback 1.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for 
> devices irq.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for 
> devices vkbd.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for 
> devices vfb.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for 
> devices pci.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for 
> devices ioports.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for 
> devices tap.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for 
> devices vtpm.
> [2007-08-30 10:48:31 xend 3449] INFO (XendDomain:370) Domain ostrich 
> (3) unpaused.
>
> and the qemu-dm log says
>
> domid: 1
> qemu: the number of cpus is 1
> shared page at pfn:ffff, mfn: 8cef
> buffered io page at pfn:fffd, mfn: 8cf1
> xs_read(): vncpasswd get error. 
> /vm/6416a433-45ac-af5d-5a04-6f23be199dc4/vncpasswd.
> Could not initialize SDL - exiting
>
> I've spent three days with this and I haven't been able to find any 
> help.  I've found a lot of hints but nothing has worked.  If someone 
> can offer some assistance I'd greatly appreciate it!
>
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