Hi all, I'm trying to install a NixOS VM onto our Citrix Xen server at work, but I'm running into several issues:
- Booting in HVM mode doesn't seem to work at all; the VM just stops on the BIOS screen - Booting in PV mode using pygrub *almost* works, but for some reason Nix creates the /boot/grub/menu.lst file with two backslashes for each entry: > # Automatically generated. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! > > default 0 > timeout 5 > splashimage //background.xpm.gz > > > title NixOS - Default > root (hd0) > kernel //kernels/78cvb2ahmvvz3fv0kilpf3pz9yfkp6hg-linux-3.18.25-bzImage > systemConfig=/nix/store/m592rhpc45ap7vasl3wblgy1c90kqqx7-nixos-15.09.930.61a2952 > > init=//nix/store/m592rhpc45ap7vasl3wblgy1c90kqqx7-nixos-15.09.930.61a2952/init > loglevel=4 > initrd //kernels/j6wjnjrpwg4spdc0x9xw1614ki2vxgyb-initrd-initrd > > > title NixOS - Configuration 2 (2016-02-10 - 15.09.930.61a2952) > root (hd0) > kernel //kernels/78cvb2ahmvvz3fv0kilpf3pz9yfkp6hg-linux-3.18.25-bzImage > systemConfig=/nix/store/m592rhpc45ap7vasl3wblgy1c90kqqx7-nixos-15.09.930.61a2952 > > init=//nix/store/m592rhpc45ap7vasl3wblgy1c90kqqx7-nixos-15.09.930.61a2952/init > loglevel=4 > initrd //kernels/j6wjnjrpwg4spdc0x9xw1614ki2vxgyb-initrd-initrd > > title NixOS - Configuration 1 (2016-02-08 - 15.09.930.61a2952) > root (hd0) > kernel //kernels/78cvb2ahmvvz3fv0kilpf3pz9yfkp6hg-linux-3.18.25-bzImage > systemConfig=/nix/store/albjs2zqmvf3808xvjp6d0hmh6xqkw74-nixos-15.09.930.61a2952 > > init=//nix/store/albjs2zqmvf3808xvjp6d0hmh6xqkw74-nixos-15.09.930.61a2952/init > loglevel=4 > initrd //kernels/j6wjnjrpwg4spdc0x9xw1614ki2vxgyb-initrd-initrd The double backslash confuses pygrub, so for now I have to manually remove the extra backslash. I'm planning on filing a bug report for this, but does anyone know a workaround in the mean time? - The VM doesn't seem to recognize keyboard input from the XenCenter console tab, although SSH works. Is there a kernel module or initrd config I need to do to get the XenCenter console keyboard input to work? Here is my configuration.nix in case it helps. Thanks! > # Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on > # your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page > # and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’). > > { config, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }: > > { > require = [ "${modulesPath}/virtualisation/xen-domU.nix" ]; > imports = > [ # Include the results of the hardware scan. > ./hardware-configuration.nix > ]; > > # Use the GRUB 2 boot loader. > #boot.loader.grub.enable = true; > #boot.loader.grub.version = 2; > # Define on which hard drive you want to install Grub. > # boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda"; > > networking.hostName = "bbooth-nixos"; # Define your hostname. > networking.wireless.enable = false; # Enables wireless support via > wpa_supplicant. > > # Select internationalisation properties. > i18n = { > consoleFont = "Lat2-Terminus16"; > consoleKeyMap = "us"; > defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8"; > }; > > # Set your time zone. > time.timeZone = "US/Pacific"; > > # List packages installed in system profile. To search by name, run: > # $ nix-env -qaP | grep wget > environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ > wget > ]; > > # List services that you want to enable: > > # Enable the OpenSSH daemon. > services.openssh.enable = true; > services.openssh.permitRootLogin = "yes"; > > # Enable CUPS to print documents. > # services.printing.enable = true; > > # Enable the X11 windowing system. > # services.xserver.enable = true; > # services.xserver.layout = "us"; > # services.xserver.xkbOptions = "eurosign:e"; > > # Enable the KDE Desktop Environment. > # services.xserver.displayManager.kdm.enable = true; > # services.xserver.desktopManager.kde4.enable = true; > > # Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’. > users.extraUsers.bdgp = { > isNormalUser = true; > uid = 1000; > extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; > }; > > # The NixOS release to be compatible with for stateful data such as > databases. > system.stateVersion = "15.09"; > > } _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev