Re: [libvirt] Cannot start domain w/xenner emulator

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:03:22AM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote: > LC_ALL=C PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin /usr/bin/xenner -S -M pc -m > 2048 -smp 4 -name Ubuntu-domU-x86-1 -uuid > 5ab6d1df-14fc-2eee-1fa4-b72fb7ba9321 -domid 4 -nographic -monitor pty > -pidfile /var/run/libvirt/qemu//Ubuntu-domU-x86-1.pid -boot c -kernel > /home/greno/xen/domU/x86/ubuntu-9.10-karmic/kernel/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6 > -append xencons=xvc console=tty1 console=xvc0 -drive > file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/ubuntu.9-10.x86.img,if=xen,index=0 -net > nic,macaddr=54:52:07:2d:e1:81,vlan=0 -net tap,fd=23,vlan=0 -serial pty > -parallel none -usb > [xenner,1] qemu_monitor_config: pty > char device redirected to /dev/pts/6 > unknown option (or missing arg): -pidfile > QEMU PC emulator version 0.9.1 > /* > * No, it isn't. This just makes libvirt qemu version detection happy, > * so you can manage xenner guests using libvirts qemu driver. > */ > > xenner v0.46 -- run xen kernels in kvm > > usage: xenner [options] > options (qemu compatible): > -help print this text > -S start with vcpus stopped > -kernel <kernel> xenified kernel image > -initrd <ramdisk> ramdisk > -append <append> kernel command line > -name <string> set domain name > -monitor pty monitor on pseudo tty > -m <memory> vm memory in megabytes > -smp <cpus> set number of vcpus > -hd[abcd] <file> disk image > -cdrom <file> cdrom image > -drive <config> qemu style disk setup > -net <config> qemu style network setup > -serial <config> qemu style serial line (aka console) setup > -vnc <display> vnc display (needs qemu-dm from xen-tools) > -k <kbd> vnc clients keyboard map > > options (xenner only): > -domid <id> set domain id > -uuid <uuid> set domain uuid > -network <mac>,<br> xenner style network setup > -debug <nr> set debug level > -logfile <file> set logfile > -bootloader <app> set bootloader > -cap-on <name> enable kvm features > -cap-off <name> disable kvm features > -nostderr send messages to logfile only > -dumpcore don't catch fatal signals (sigsegv, sigbus) > -libvirt-caps print libvirt capability xml snippet > > pick device model: > -qemu-path <file> path to qemu binary > -qemu-dm qemu is xensource qemu-dm > -qemu-upstream qemu is upstream+patches > => http://kraxel.fedorapeople.org/patches/ > > Some more qemu-ish options are accepted but ignored, > so we don't error out when started by libvirt. > > When started without kernel specified xenner tries to > get one using the bootloader (pygrub by default). > The problem here is that Xenner does not support all the same options as QEMU. In particular its not supporting the -pidfile and -monitor unix:/path options that libvirt now uses. This will need to adding to xenner if it is to work again. Daniel