[Xen-users] rtc: IRQ 8 is not free ; i8042.c: No controller found.

["Ferreira, N.L." <N.L.Ferreira@xxxxx>]

Hi *

My host domain is running Scientific Linux 5.1 i386 (SL51), kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen on a Quad Xeon box. SL51 installs Xen hypervisor v.3.0.3, and was already up and running when the machine passed to my hands.


[root@xxxx ~]# uname -a
Linux xxxx.xxxx.xx.xx 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Nov 12 07:30:18 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[root@xxxx ~]# xm list
Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State   Time(s)
Domain-0                                   0     3024     8 r-----   3445.9


A LVM partition was created, as well as a volume group (enmr) and a logical volume.


[root@xxxx ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 499.9 GB, 499989348352 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60786 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1         523     4200966   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2   *         524        3134    20972857+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3            3135       47500   356369895   83  Linux
/dev/sda4           47501       60786   106719795   8e  Linux LVM

[root@xxxx ~]# lvscan
  ACTIVE            '/dev/enmr/goldenClient_sl47_x86_noX' [10.00 GB] inherit



Installed Scientific Linux 4.7 (i386) on domain goldenClient_sl47_x86_noX using the virt-manager v0.4.0 package, without apparent problems.


[root@xxxx ~]# xm list
Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State   Time(s)
Domain-0                                   0     3024     8 r-----   3453.4
goldenClient_sl47_x86_noX                  8      512     2 r-----      2.3



When I want to access the domain just created, the console gets stuck with the following error:


[root@xxxx ~]# xm console goldenClient_sl47_x86_noX
rtc: IRQ 8 is not free.
i8042.c: No controller found.


Neverthess, I'm able to enter domain goldenClient_sl47_x86_noX using a console started from vrit-manager. I'm able to yum update the new domain, though I have other problems with the network configuration. Anyway, one problem at a time.


Searched the mailing list and it seems that several people had the same problem when trying to access a domain using "xm console" command. But, I just cannot find out a solution for this.

Thank you guys.

Cheers,
Nuno


P.S. I know that both Xen and virt-manager versions are a bit old, but these are the packages on the official repositories.


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Nuno Ricardo Santos Loureiro da Silva Ferreira

NMR Spectroscopy Research Group
Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research
Utrecht University
Bloembergen gebouw
Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht
The Netherlands

P: +31.(0)30.253 9932
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E: n.l.ferreira@xxxxx
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