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From: Mike Wright <mike.wright@mailinator.com>
Subject: Re: bug in init.d/xenstored
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:01:12 -0700
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On 06/21/2011 07:22 AM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Mike Wright writes ("[Xen-devel] bug in init.d/xenstored"):
>> After a "service xencommons start" I tried a "xl list" and received the
>> following error.
>>
>> libxl: error: libxl.c:56: libxl_ctx_init  Is xenstored running?
>> failed to stat /var/run/xenstored.pid: No such file or directory
>> cannot init xl context
>>
>> I edited init.d/xenstored:36 and changed
>
> What version of xen is this in ?  In xen-unstable, init.d/xenstored
> already talks about xenstored.pid, since 22821:5ce41defa1fa.
>

It looks like there were files left over from 4.0.x intermixed with 
newer ones.  I don't understand how the older xl wasn't replaced by the 
newer one.  I gutted the system of everything xen and did a 
xen-4.1.1/install.sh and all the inconsistencies disappeared.

Sorry for the noise,
Mike Wright