[Xen-users] Server hangs when starting guest

[Wayne Pascoe <xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I've recently started having problems with my Windows Xen guest. Up  
until recently, it ran fine but as of the latest update of the Fedora  
Core 5 kernel, it now hangs dom0 when I start a guest. This is with  
kernel 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5xen0
If I reboot using kernel 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 then I am able to start a  
guest. There is no other change beyond this kernel version.
I am still starting the guest as follows:
xm create <guest>

The config file for this guest is at the bottom of the e-mail.

The only relevant messages I can find in /var/log/messages are as  
follows:
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: device vif1.0 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: audit(1158785833.797:5): dev=vif1.0  
prom=256 old_
prom=0 auid=4294967295
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): vif1.0: link is  
not ready
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky  
<maxk@qualcomm
.com>
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: device tun0 entered promiscuous mode
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: audit(1158785833.873:6): dev=tun0  
prom=256 old_pr
om=0 auid=4294967295
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: xenbr0: port 4(tun0) entering learning  
state
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: xenbr0: topology change detected,  
propagating
Sep 20 21:57:13 marvin kernel: xenbr0: port 4(tun0) entering  
forwarding state
Sep 20 21:57:18 marvin logger: /etc/xen/scripts/block: Forced to  
steal lock on /
var/run/xen-hotplug/block from 2761: /etc/xen/scripts/block!
Sep 20 21:57:18 marvin kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)


After that I see reboot messages.


My guest config is as follows:

kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder='hvm'
memory = 384
name = "xphell"
vcpus=1
pae=0
acpi=0
apic=0
cpus = ""
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0, ip=192.168.11.3, mac=00:16:3E:1F: 
2A:23' ]
# vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3E:1F:2A:23' ]
#vif = [' ']
disk = [ 'file:/vm/WindowsXP/xphell.img,ioemu:hda,w' ]
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot   = 'destroy'
on_crash    = 'destroy'
device_model = '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
cdrom='/vm/XP.iso'
boot='c'
sdl=0
vnc=1
vncviewer=0
stdvga=0
serial='pty'
ne2000=0

Any advice on fixing this would be much appreciated!

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