Re: [gentoo-user] xen doesn't work
hydra hydrapo...@gmail.com writes: However, you don't have hvm/qemu enabled so that's why your HVM guests won't start up. Indeed that was the problem. Once I found that out, I finally was able to get it to work. It's quite frustrating when you follow the documentation and yet things just don't work for unknown reasons. Maybe try to modify the wiki for others to know? Yes, I did a couple days ago. Actually PV guests are not that hard at all.br /blockquote br/span Well, how do you do that?=C2=A0 Soon I want to do some Gentoo installations= on this server.=C2=A0 Can I just start with HVM and switch over to PV once= the installation is done?/blockquotedivbr/divdivFrom a running s= ystem lvm partitions are created for the virtual machine, then you mount th= ose partitions, unpack stage3 on them, chroot and follow the same way as wi= th installing a normal machine. You need to enable this when compiling the = kernel. Thanks, that sounds really easy and makes sense; I'll try that :) -- Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable.
Re: [gentoo-user] xen doesn't work
Am 14.07.2015 um 20:56 schrieb hydra: Actually PV guests are not that hard at all. Well, how do you do that? Soon I want to do some Gentoo installations on this server. Can I just start with HVM and switch over to PV once the installation is done? However, you don't have hvm/qemu enabled so that's why your HVM guests won't start up. Indeed that was the problem. Once I found that out, I finally was able to get it to work. It's quite frustrating when you follow the documentation and yet things just don't work for unknown reasons.
Re: [gentoo-user] xen doesn't work
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:46 PM, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Am 14.07.2015 um 20:56 schrieb hydra: Actually PV guests are not that hard at all. Well, how do you do that? Soon I want to do some Gentoo installations on this server. Can I just start with HVM and switch over to PV once the installation is done? From a running system lvm partitions are created for the virtual machine, then you mount those partitions, unpack stage3 on them, chroot and follow the same way as with installing a normal machine. You need to enable this when compiling the kernel. However, you don't have hvm/qemu enabled so that's why your HVM guests won't start up. Indeed that was the problem. Once I found that out, I finally was able to get it to work. It's quite frustrating when you follow the documentation and yet things just don't work for unknown reasons. Maybe try to modify the wiki for others to know?
Re: [gentoo-user] xen doesn't work
Am 13.07.2015 um 20:17 schrieb hydra: Please post the output of emerge --info xen Portage 2.2.20 (python 2.7.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib, gcc-4.8.4, glibc-2.20-r2, 4.0.5-gentoo x86_64) = System Settings = System uname: Linux-4.0.5-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_X5650_@_2.67GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem:24742332 total, 23827252 free KiB Swap: 67069948 total, 67069948 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:00:01 + sh bash 4.3_p33-r2 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p33-r2::gentoo dev-lang/perl:5.20.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.9-r1::gentoo, 3.3.5-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.2.2::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.17::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.14.1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc:4.8.4::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool:2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20-r2::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=amd64 ACCEPT_LICENSE=* -@EULA CBUILD=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer CHOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo CXXFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=-j 4 FCFLAGS=-O2 -pipe FEATURES=assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync FFLAGS=-O2 -pipe GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://tux.rainside.sk/gentoo/ http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/; LANG=en_US.utf8 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed MAKEOPTS=-j24 PKGDIR=/usr/portage/packages PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT=/ PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp USE=acl alsa amd64 berkdb bindist bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm iconv mmx mmxext modules ncurses nls nptl opengl openmp pam pcre readline session sse sse2 ssl tcpd unicode vdpau xvmc zlib ABI_X86=64 ALSA_CARDS=ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci APACHE2_MODULES=authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias CALLIGRA_FEATURES=kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author CAMERAS=ptp2 COLLECTD_PLUGINS=df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog CPU_FLAGS_X86=aes mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 ELIBC=glibc GPSD_PROTOCOLS=ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev KERNEL=linux LCD_DEVICES=bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS=presenter-console presenter-minimizer OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION=libreoffice PHP_TARGETS=php5-5 PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7 PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3 RUBY_TARGETS=ruby19 ruby20 USERLAND=GNU VIDEO_CARDS=nouveau XTABLES_ADDONS=quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account USE_PYTHON=2.7 3.4 Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS = Package
Re: [gentoo-user] xen doesn't work
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:42 AM, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Am 13.07.2015 um 20:17 schrieb hydra: Please post the output of emerge --info xen Portage 2.2.20 (python 2.7.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib, gcc-4.8.4, glibc-2.20-r2, 4.0.5-gentoo x86_64) = System Settings = System uname: Linux-4.0.5-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_X5650_@ _2.67GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem:24742332 total, 23827252 free KiB Swap: 67069948 total, 67069948 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:00:01 + sh bash 4.3_p33-r2 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p33-r2::gentoo dev-lang/perl:5.20.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.9-r1::gentoo, 3.3.5-r1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.2.2::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.17::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.14.1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc:4.8.4::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool:2.4.6::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.20-r2::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=amd64 ACCEPT_LICENSE=* -@EULA CBUILD=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer CHOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu CONFIG_PROTECT=/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo CXXFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=-j 4 FCFLAGS=-O2 -pipe FEATURES=assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync FFLAGS=-O2 -pipe GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://tux.rainside.sk/gentoo/ http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/; LANG=en_US.utf8 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed MAKEOPTS=-j24 PKGDIR=/usr/portage/packages PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT=/ PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS=--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp USE=acl alsa amd64 berkdb bindist bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm iconv mmx mmxext modules ncurses nls nptl opengl openmp pam pcre readline session sse sse2 ssl tcpd unicode vdpau xvmc zlib ABI_X86=64 ALSA_CARDS=ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci APACHE2_MODULES=authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias CALLIGRA_FEATURES=kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author CAMERAS=ptp2 COLLECTD_PLUGINS=df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog CPU_FLAGS_X86=aes mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 ELIBC=glibc GPSD_PROTOCOLS=ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx INPUT_DEVICES=keyboard mouse evdev KERNEL=linux LCD_DEVICES=bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS=presenter-console presenter-minimizer OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION=libreoffice PHP_TARGETS=php5-5 PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET=python2_7 PYTHON_TARGETS=python2_7 python3_3 RUBY_TARGETS=ruby19 ruby20 USERLAND=GNU VIDEO_CARDS=nouveau XTABLES_ADDONS=quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account USE_PYTHON=2.7 3.4 Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS,
[gentoo-user] xen doesn't work
Hi, I'm trying to get a windoze 7 to run as a domU on a fresh install of gentoo with xen. I need to use the installer ISO to boot from and to install into a partition on a physical disk. Running 'xl -vvv create /etc/xen/ws-01.hvm' gives me the following messages: Parsing config from /etc/xen/ws-01.hvm libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:1504:do_domain_create: ao 0x1a97440: create: how=(nil) callback=(nil) poller=0x1a974a0 libxl: verbose: libxl_create.c:137:libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault: qemu-xen is unavailable, use qemu-xen-traditional instead: No such file or directory libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:269:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hda spec.backend=unknown libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:298:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hda, using backend phy libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:269:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hdc spec.backend=unknown libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:215:disk_try_backend: Disk vdev=hdc, backend phy unsuitable as phys path not a block device libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:298:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hdc, using backend qdisk libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:907:initiate_domain_create: running bootloader libxl: debug: libxl_bootloader.c:323:libxl__bootloader_run: not a PV domain, skipping bootloader libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:629:libxl__ev_xswatch_deregister: watch w=0x1a97d70: deregister unregistered libxl: debug: libxl_numa.c:483:libxl__get_numa_candidate: New best NUMA placement candidate found: nr_nodes=1, nr_cpus=12, nr_vcpus=26, free_memkb=9875 libxl: debug: libxl_numa.c:483:libxl__get_numa_candidate: New best NUMA placement candidate found: nr_nodes=1, nr_cpus=12, nr_vcpus=26, free_memkb=10311 libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:196:numa_place_domain: NUMA placement candidate with 1 nodes, 12 cpus and 10311 KB free selected libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: base group enabled libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: freq group enabled libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: time_ref_count group enabled xc: error: Could not open kernel image (2 = No such file or directory): Internal error libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:818:libxl__build_hvm: hvm building failed libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1121:domcreate_rebuild_done: cannot (re-)build domain: -3 libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1595:kill_device_model: unable to find device model pid in /local/domain/12/image/device-model-pid libxl: error: libxl.c:1608:libxl__destroy_domid: libxl__destroy_device_model failed for 12 libxl: info: libxl.c:1691:devices_destroy_cb: forked pid 5036 for destroy of domain 12 libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:1520:do_domain_create: ao 0x1a97440: inprogress: poller=0x1a974a0, flags=i libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:1765:libxl__ao_complete: ao 0x1a97440: complete, rc=-3 libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:1737:libxl__ao__destroy: ao 0x1a97440: destroy xc: debug: hypercall buffer: total allocations:197 total releases:197 xc: debug: hypercall buffer: current allocations:0 maximum allocations:4 xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache current size:4 xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache hits:182 misses:4 toobig:11 The configuration for the VM is as follows: # This configures an HVM rather than PV guest builder = hvm # Guest name name = ws-01.hvm # 128-bit UUID for the domain as a hexadecimal number. # Use uuidgen to generate one if required. # The default behavior is to generate a new UUID each time the guest is started. #uuid = ---- # Enable Microsoft Hyper-V compatibile paravirtualisation / # enlightenment interfaces. Turning this on can improve Windows guest # performance and is therefore recommended viridian = 1 # Initial memory allocation (MB) memory = 4096 # Maximum memory (MB) # If this is greater than `memory' then the slack will start ballooned # (this assumes guest kernel support for ballooning) #maxmem = 512 # Number of VCPUS vcpus = 2 # Network devices # A list of 'vifspec' entries as described in # docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown vif = [ 'bridge=brloc' ] # Disk Devices # A list of `diskspec' entries as described in # docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sde1,ioemu:hda,w', 'file:/root/installers/de_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676919.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ] boot=dc # Guest VGA console configuration, either SDL or VNC sdl = 0 vnc = 1 Any idea why I cannot create VMs? Is this a Gentoo problem or a problem with xen? Do I need to install some more packages?
Re: [gentoo-user] xen doesn't work
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:01 PM, hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Hi, I'm trying to get a windoze 7 to run as a domU on a fresh install of gentoo with xen. I need to use the installer ISO to boot from and to install into a partition on a physical disk. Running 'xl -vvv create /etc/xen/ws-01.hvm' gives me the following messages: Parsing config from /etc/xen/ws-01.hvm libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:1504:do_domain_create: ao 0x1a97440: create: how=(nil) callback=(nil) poller=0x1a974a0 libxl: verbose: libxl_create.c:137:libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault: qemu-xen is unavailable, use qemu-xen-traditional instead: No such file or directory libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:269:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hda spec.backend=unknown libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:298:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hda, using backend phy libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:269:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hdc spec.backend=unknown libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:215:disk_try_backend: Disk vdev=hdc, backend phy unsuitable as phys path not a block device libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:298:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk vdev=hdc, using backend qdisk libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:907:initiate_domain_create: running bootloader libxl: debug: libxl_bootloader.c:323:libxl__bootloader_run: not a PV domain, skipping bootloader libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:629:libxl__ev_xswatch_deregister: watch w=0x1a97d70: deregister unregistered libxl: debug: libxl_numa.c:483:libxl__get_numa_candidate: New best NUMA placement candidate found: nr_nodes=1, nr_cpus=12, nr_vcpus=26, free_memkb=9875 libxl: debug: libxl_numa.c:483:libxl__get_numa_candidate: New best NUMA placement candidate found: nr_nodes=1, nr_cpus=12, nr_vcpus=26, free_memkb=10311 libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:196:numa_place_domain: NUMA placement candidate with 1 nodes, 12 cpus and 10311 KB free selected libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: base group enabled libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: freq group enabled libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: time_ref_count group enabled xc: error: Could not open kernel image (2 = No such file or directory): Internal error libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:818:libxl__build_hvm: hvm building failed libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1121:domcreate_rebuild_done: cannot (re-)build domain: -3 libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1595:kill_device_model: unable to find device model pid in /local/domain/12/image/device-model-pid libxl: error: libxl.c:1608:libxl__destroy_domid: libxl__destroy_device_model failed for 12 libxl: info: libxl.c:1691:devices_destroy_cb: forked pid 5036 for destroy of domain 12 libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:1520:do_domain_create: ao 0x1a97440: inprogress: poller=0x1a974a0, flags=i libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:1765:libxl__ao_complete: ao 0x1a97440: complete, rc=-3 libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:1737:libxl__ao__destroy: ao 0x1a97440: destroy xc: debug: hypercall buffer: total allocations:197 total releases:197 xc: debug: hypercall buffer: current allocations:0 maximum allocations:4 xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache current size:4 xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache hits:182 misses:4 toobig:11 The configuration for the VM is as follows: # This configures an HVM rather than PV guest builder = hvm # Guest name name = ws-01.hvm # 128-bit UUID for the domain as a hexadecimal number. # Use uuidgen to generate one if required. # The default behavior is to generate a new UUID each time the guest is started. #uuid = ---- # Enable Microsoft Hyper-V compatibile paravirtualisation / # enlightenment interfaces. Turning this on can improve Windows guest # performance and is therefore recommended viridian = 1 # Initial memory allocation (MB) memory = 4096 # Maximum memory (MB) # If this is greater than `memory' then the slack will start ballooned # (this assumes guest kernel support for ballooning) #maxmem = 512 # Number of VCPUS vcpus = 2 # Network devices # A list of 'vifspec' entries as described in # docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown vif = [ 'bridge=brloc' ] # Disk Devices # A list of `diskspec' entries as described in # docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sde1,ioemu:hda,w', 'file:/root/installers/de_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676919.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ] boot=dc # Guest VGA console configuration, either SDL or VNC sdl = 0 vnc = 1 Any idea why I cannot create VMs? Is this a Gentoo problem or a problem with xen? Do I need to install some more packages? Please post the output of emerge --info xen emerge --info xen-tools Were you able to start any virtual machine in your Xen environment yet or this is the first try?