Jd, I did screw up. Got past that problem, and now have another. My earlier was twofold. I had modified the convirt.conf to specify a directory on a logical volume. I had run the mk_image_store script. I modified the image_store, and I believe the disks_dir, and snapshots_dir, but had not changed the appliance_store variable. So I changed that. Along the way I rand into an issue with xming, and will describe that later.
So now the Progress dialog seems to work, closes and there is now a ciserver image under localhost. I select it and attempt to start it. Nothing happens, so I click the button for the console and it opens a "console" tab with a black panel (presumabley the console), cursor in upper left corner. Nothing happens. The /var/log/convirt/convirt.log does not have anything useful, but the last 3 lines of the /var/log/convirt/image_store/Linux_CD_Install/Linux_CD_Install_ciserver.log say the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disk created. /tmp/ciserver.disk.xm, file Not creating read only disk /dev/cdrom /mnt/VMDisks/ImageStore/image_store/Linux_CD_Install/provision.sh completed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The summary summary tab also lists the state of the ciserver as "Blocked". So is the cdrom not being setup properly? The /var/log/convirt/image_store/Linux_CD_Install/Linux_CD_Install_ciserver_image.conf has the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # config file for kicking off CDROM install # assume one disk VM_DISKS_DIR='/tmp' VM_CONF_DIR='/etc/xen' hda_disk_type='VBD' hda_disk_create='yes' hda_disk_size=5000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I took the defaults so the cdrom is set up as 'phys:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r'. There is a working CD on my system with an entry for /dev/cdrom. So any thoughts as to what might be wrong? Thank you. Now the following may or may not be a bug with convirt. It could be my problem or xming's or a system configuration problem. As I said before when I tried to create the VM before, nothing happened or as I now realize - no progress dialog. The problem maybe that I am using xming from a Windows box to an xterm on my Xen server, and invoking convirt. When I tried it on system console, a progress dialog popped up. xming - no progress dialog. Again, thank you. Fred jd wrote: > Hi > > > Thats bit strange... What version of ConVirt are you using ? > > I think a good starting point to investigate this would be to look in to > convirt.log. > > How to find log file location : > 1. When u start ConVirt, you will see a message with location of > convirt.conf. > 2. Look for convirt.log in that file. > > /Jd > > > --- On Fri, 7/25/08, Frederick N. Brier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> From: Frederick N. Brier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [convirt-users] Linux_CD_Install does nothing >> To: xenman-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 2:56 AM >> I am sure I am doing something wrong, but I do not know >> what. I read >> all the docs. I connected to localhost (right click menu). >> Connection >> image changes and shows % CPU values. I selected >> Linux_CD_Install -> >> Provision.. I selected localhost (I only have a single Xen >> server with >> convirt installed on it. The VM Config Settings dialog >> pops up. I >> filled in the VM Name and changed the memory from 256 to >> 2048MB. The >> system has 8GB of RAM. I click OK. The dialog closes. No >> message. No >> status. No change in CPU utilization to indicate something >> is happening >> in the background. What am I doing wrong? >> >> The OS Release is 2.6.21.7-3fcxen (Fedora 8). >> The Xen Version is 3.1.3 (Capabilities xen-3.0-x86_32p) >> >> Thank you for any help. >> >> Fred >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move >> Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK >> & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event >> anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> XenMan-Users mailing list >> XenMan-Users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xenman-users >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ XenMan-Users mailing list XenMan-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xenman-users
