Hello

I have followed instructions here to install Xen on Mandriva 2006:

http://www.jimradford.com/xen/

I have successfully got to section 2, point 12 where I have rebooted and selected to boot Xen from Grub.

Originally I had an issue with a reported missing modules.dep but managed to create this with command "depmod 2.6.16-xen".

Now all seems to load OK (ie no error messages) until I think I should see X or a console. At this point the screen clears itself of the bootup messages and is just blank. I have tried logging in (thinking perhaps X is loaded but not displayed) but no hard disk activity ensues so I do not think any prompt is available.

In case it helps, the last few lines of Xorg.log.old I checked after rebooting into normal Mandriva are as follows:

(--) I810(0): Maximum frambuffer space: 65368 kByte
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE PanelID read successfully
(II) I810(0): PanelID returned panel resolution : 1024x768
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.99.900, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7

The normal boot of Mandriva seems to create more lines in Xorg.log as if the Xen boot locks up at ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 section.

Thanks for any help.

Jason

I set Mandriva to not load X upon boot up. Xen now gives me a console. But if I try startx I get the blank screen and am unable to switch to other consoles. In effect the machine locks up.

Anyone else had problems with the Xen Domain0 and X?

Jason