Re: [Xen-users] virt-manager read only + voncdisplay issue

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Mathieu GALLAS <mg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Xen. I have a problem on a Xen server.
>
> Architecture :
>
> * OS: Centos 5.3
> * Version: Linux xen.fdf 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5xen
> * Xen: 3.0.3-14
> * virt-manager: 0.6.1
>
> Note : the Xen server is in production since 2009 without any issue.

Just to clarify -- you've been *using virt-manager* since 2009 without
issue, and now it has stopped working?  Or you've been using Xen just
with the cli, and you've recently tried virt-manager and it doesnt'
work?

> From virt-manager I can not manage my VM (see attached file). When I made
> the right click menu is not accesible. On the other hand, the Xen server is
> read-only (see attachment is in French in the red square).
>
> I physically restart the Xen server in order to fix this issue, but then I
> could not restart VM from GUI (virt-manager, ready only...) or CLI (xm
> create "domain") .
> From CLI, I had the following message:
>
> Error: Device 0 (vkbd) Could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.
>
> To solve the problem I commented that line (vfb ...) in my VM configuration
> file:
>
> name = "fdfsrv"
> uuid = "9b8728c2-cb28-4791-b9ec-16cd034c1631"
> vcpus = 8
> memory = 2624
> maxmem = 3280
> bootloader = "/ usr / bin / pygrub"
> on_poweroff = "destroy"
> on_reboot = "restart"
> on_crash = "restart"
> #vfb = ["type = vnc, vncdisplay = 0"]
> disk = ['phy: / dev / VolGroup00 / disk-fdfsrv, xvda, w "]
> bright = ['bridge = xenbr0', 'bridge = xenbr1']
>
> Then my VM start but I do not have access to the console from the
> virt-manager.
>
> I don't know if the two problems are connected. However, I must know  their
> causes for solving.
>
> I checked the xen logs but I did not find anything wrong. The file system is
> not read-only.
> I'm in a production environment so the problem is sensitive. Do you have
> ways to help me?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
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