Re: [Xen-users] xen 4.1.1 (src) requires expert on debian

[Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Mark Pryor <tlviewer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> List,
> my subject is a bit of exageration. In the ##xen channel on freenode.net far
> too often when the Debian 6+ user tries to install xen 4.1.1 from source
> they never get the services to start properly.
> When you look at the headers of the init scripts, they are still setup as
> Redhat template.
> All xen services must be up by Runlevel 2, not 3.
> ------------- init.d/xend -------------
> ### BEGIN INIT INFO
> # Provides:          xend
> # Required-Start:    $syslog $remote_fs xenstored
> # Should-Start:
> # Required-Stop:     $syslog $remote_fs xenstored
> # Should-Stop:
> # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
> # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
> # Short-Description: Start/stop xend
> # Description:       Starts and stops the Xen control daemon.
> ### END INIT INFO
> ------------------ snip --------------
> only 2 lines were changed. This header is parsed by the update-rc.d script.
> Another approach is to manually create symlinks in /etc/rc1.d and /etc/rc2.d
> (for debian)
> /etc/rc1.d
> S02xencommons
> /etc/rc2.d
> S02xend
> S03xendomains
>
> (for ubuntu)
> /etc/rc2.d
> S20xencommons
> S21xend
> S22xendomains
> Its tragic that debian users (which should be elite linux level) would give
> up using 4.1.1 because of a few bad symlinks.

Looks like it is in the release notes:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.1

Maybe we should add it to the Xen Common Problems wiki page
(http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenCommonProblems) too

Thanks,
Todd

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Todd Deshane
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