Xend hangs startup rc : * Starting Xen control daemon ...

imanassypov

Hello,

I have a fresh xen installation on gentoo. I am not running any xenu domains yet. If xend is added to default startup runlevel, the system hangs on next reboot at the following prompt:

Age_M · n00b Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Posts: 16 Location: germany

Hi,

same problem here, but i do not have a fresh xen installation. i updated dom0 kernel [linux-2.6.16.26-xen -> linux-2.6.16.28-xen]. with the old one no problems but the new kernel xen control daemon won't start. so, maybe try to downgrade your kernel?!?

greetz Age_M

sgao · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 149

When adding xend to start on boot, remember to remove net.eth0 or other network interface from default.

In addition, stop coldplug from starting net.eth0 or other network interface by setting RC_PLUG_SERVICES="!net.*" in /etc/conf.d/rc.

Simon

deephack1982 · n00b Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 45 Location: Scotland

EDIT: Okay cancel all that, managed to work it out. Look at the /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp file and change the (network-script 'network-bridge netdev=eth0') line to whichever interface you use to get out into the big bad world. eth4 in my case which is why the default settings gave me no network.

Hope that helps someone.

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Hi Simon,

Thanks for this tip, it worked for me too. The only problem now is that the machine has no connectivity. Does anyone know how I get the machine to run the network scripts at boot without making the xend script hang?