Bug#504709: Xen console problems

[Baruch Even <baruch@debian.org>]

Hi,


* Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> [081106 16:33]:
> severity 504709 normal
> tags 504709 moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 03:15:27PM +0200, Baruch Even wrote:
> > I created a Xen DomU with xen-tools with:
> > xen-create-image -debootstrap -dir=/home/xen -size=20Gb -memory=512Mb  -fs=ext3 -cache=yes -dist=lenny -hostname=mapnik -ip 10.0.0.1 -netmask 255.0.0.0 -gateway 10.0.0.254  -mirror=http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/debian/ --role=minimal  --image=sparse
> 
> Please show the config and /etc/inittab of the domain.

They are attached to this mail.

> Please note that support for console != {hvc0,xvc0} and disk devices !=
> xvd* is only legacy.

I had the image created using xen-tools, maybe it needs to be changed.
My knowledge of Xen is very limited though to suggest them anything.

Cheers,
Baruch

# /etc/inittab: init(8) configuration.
# $Id: inittab,v 1.91 2002/01/25 13:35:21 miquels Exp $

# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:

# Boot-time system configuration/initialization script.
# This is run first except when booting in emergency (-b) mode.
si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS

# What to do in single-user mode.
~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

# /etc/init.d executes the S and K scripts upon change
# of runlevel.
#
# Runlevel 0 is halt.
# Runlevel 1 is single-user.
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
# Runlevel 6 is reboot.

l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6
# Normally not reached, but fallthrough in case of emergency.
z6:6:respawn:/sbin/sulogin

# What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed.
ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
#kb::kbrequest:/bin/echo "Keyboard Request--edit /etc/inittab to let this work."

# What to do when the power fails/returns.
pf::powerwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail start
pn::powerfailnow:/etc/init.d/powerfail now
po::powerokwait:/etc/init.d/powerfail stop

# /sbin/getty invocations for the runlevels.
#
# The "id" field MUST be the same as the last
# characters of the device (after "tty").
#
# Format:
#  <id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process>
#
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
#2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
#3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
#4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
#5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
#6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100

# Example how to put a getty on a modem line.
#
#T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS3

#
# Configuration file for the Xen instance mapnik, created
# by xen-tools 3.9 on Wed Nov  5 17:55:39 2008.
#

#
#  Kernel + memory size
#
kernel = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64'
ramdisk = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-xen-amd64'
memory      = '512'

#
#  Disk device(s).
#
root        = '/dev/sda2 ro'
disk        = [
                  'file:/home/xen/domains/mapnik/swap.img,sda1,w',
                  'file:/home/xen/domains/mapnik/disk.img,sda2,w',
              ]


#
#  Hostname
#
name        = 'mapnik'

#
#  Networking
#
vif         = [ 'ip=10.0.0.1' ]
dhcp = "off"
hostname="mapnik"
ip = "10.0.0.1"
netmask = "255.0.0.0"
gateway = "10.0.0.129"

#
#  Behaviour
#
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'restart'


extra = "xencons=tty0 console=tty0"