XEN Problem
 

Hello everyone,

I tried to install XEN on my SUSE 10 Evaluation i386 version using YaST, After downloading all softwares related to XEN, a new option was added at bootloader, called "SUSE 10.0 (XEN)". So I boot though this option, but... When I select to boot with XEN's kernel, I could not install XEN. The problem is that when I boot from XEN kernel, SUSE cannot start the X system. So, I cannot install XEN, because it need graphical interface (such as KDE or Gnome). Please if you have free time, help me to launch XEN successfully.

PS: I'am newbie and this is my first post around here.


Thanks in advance for your help.

this is very confusing,.. you are saying AFTER you install xen, you have a new option at boot (for xen kernel).

then you say when you choose this, you cannot get into gui, to install xen!!

please explain this discrepancy..

also, you do not reallly neeed a gui to install anything.. just:

apt-get install (whatever the name of the package is, but you must know exact name, or put:

apt-get install nameofpackage* (the asterisk) at the end of the 'general' name of the package.

maybe you mean: start xen (instead of 'install', dr?).

good luck, lettuce know.

Not too old of a thread, this...

I am actually having the same problem. I _am_ able to boot into the XEN-kernel, but - and I guess this was little misunderstanding - if I try to install an OS into the kernel through YaST2, _then_ it will scold me for not having a running X system. That does mean indeed that I am running YaST2 from the commandline :-) I have already tried to reinstall the XEN-packages, which didn't work for me. Ah well... We shall see if someone knows =D

Thanks in advance for helping :-)

Zsub

do you have a running x server when this happens? if so, where (fake root?, chroot?, root?).

and what do you mean, you: "tried to install an OS into the kernel though yast2"??

noone will be able to help you, without you answering these basic questions... unless they understand what you are doing already.

i am sorry, i am not tooo familiar with zen.. i am just asking questions, to make it easier for someone who might be, to help you possibly.

Nope, there is no running X server when this happens. And I did indeed put it the wrong way. I meant to say that you need a running X server to create a virtual machine, which is not the case.

As I am starting, no splash screen appears, and when I am done booting, I get a nice commandline in which I log in as root. Come to think of it, I actually never tried to start X manually... Oh, btw, KDE won't start up too, due to the non-existent X-server.

try "startx <window manager> -- :2"

this should start X into whatever window manager you use. Let us know what output you get. I will try out my Xen stuff later today and see what happens. Good luck.

*rofl*

I kinda ket beaten up by my kernel for not having the nvidia driver installed. I tried to reinstall through YaST2, but it wouldn't work though. I have saved the log files. I did read something about nvidia/ati drivers somewhere on the x.org wiki though so I shall go and see what it really is... Might be the solution :P Just don't know what's wrong.

-Edit-
Have been searching now, they tell me to 'modprope glx' on my Nvidia system. That, however, outputs the error that the module 'glx' is unknown. Still, I was thinking, only the _kernel_ is different, isn't it? So any r/w premissions remain the same as they are FS-attributes (or something like those). That almost has to lead to the conclusion that the kernel is looking in the wrong direction... Or am I (looking in the wrong direction)?

What Nvidia chip set or card do you have and where did you get the driver you tried to install with YaST. Command line input should not have been required. The prescribed driver install for Nvidia is to click on the SuSE Watcher icon in the tool bar and select online update. Follow the steps shown on the screen and eventually you get to a list of updates. Toward the end of that list is an optional update for Nvidia. Check and accept that.

Fragos,

First of all, thanks for your time! Second, that is exactly the way I installed it for my normal kernel. I ran YOU from the commandline in XEN (because KDE of course won't run without an Xserver) and reinstalled the update, without success... I have a GeForce 6600 GT.

Zsub

I have interest in xen but no hands on yet because I only have 512MB of memory. Perhaps enough for xen but not for vmware. I did a little research and found that three files which you probably already installed are required. They are: xen, kernel xen and xen-tools
There is also a couple of pdf files that can be installed called xen-DOC-pdf. Once installed they were hidden away in /usr/share/doc/packages/xen/pdf/ They may be of some help.