Xen 3.3.1 compilation problems

Xen 3.3.1 compilation problems

[Ananth]

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Hello,
I am facing problems while compiling Xen from source. Below are the steps I
followed to compile. I see various commands being suggested in various sites
and READMEs. I did not understand which is the correct way to do it. I am
using openSuse 11.0.

1. I downloaded the source tarball from http://www.xen.org/download/

2. Extracted the contents into /usr/src and executed the following commands
as root

3. make linux-2.6-xen0-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig

4. I selected necessary configurations in menuconfig and saved the settings

5. make linux-2.6-xen0-build

6. make linux-2.6-xen0-install

7. mkinitrd -v -i /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen0 -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen0
    This is because, mkinitrd with the other flags such as ' --with= ' dont
seem to be working on my distro. I am not sure if there is a different
syntax or the way options are specified is different. However since the
kernel image is generated using the previous commands, I created the initrd
image for the kernel image by specifying the name of the kernel image using
-k.

8. make install KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0" -- This installs the necessary
tools I believe. This did not go to successful completion. It was running on
an infinite loop displaying the same set of contents again and again. But
since they are just tools, I aborted and edited the /boot/grub/menu.lst to
add an entry for the compiled xen.

When I reboot into the compiled kernel, the system halts when the splash
screen is getting loaded. Hence i edited the file /etc/inittab and changed
the runlevel from 5 to 3.

After a series of boot messages, the system allowed me to login.

Can you please guide me if there is any mistake in the steps followed. I am
not sure why the system does not login with runlevel 5. But if i use a
precompiled xen installed using the openSuse 11.0 DVD, it works perfectly
fine. But i am trying to make small modifications to the xen scheduler, for
which I would like to learn to compile it myself.

Thank you very much in advance.

Regards
Ananth

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Re: Xen 3.3.1 compilation problems

[Tej]

2009/3/23 Ananth <cbananth@gmail.com>:
> Hello,
> I am facing problems while compiling Xen from source. Below are the steps I
> followed to compile. I see various commands being suggested in various sites
> and READMEs. I did not understand which is the correct way to do it. I am
> using openSuse 11.0.
>
> 1. I downloaded the source tarball from http://www.xen.org/download/
>
> 2. Extracted the contents into /usr/src and executed the following commands
> as root
>
> 3. make linux-2.6-xen0-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig
>
> 4. I selected necessary configurations in menuconfig and saved the settings
>
> 5. make linux-2.6-xen0-build
>
> 6. make linux-2.6-xen0-install
>
> 7. mkinitrd -v -i /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen0 -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen0
>     This is because, mkinitrd with the other flags such as ' --with= ' dont
> seem to be working on my distro. I am not sure if there is a different
> syntax or the way options are specified is different. However since the
> kernel image is generated using the previous commands, I created the initrd
> image for the kernel image by specifying the name of the kernel image using
> -k.
>
> 8. make install KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0" -- This installs the necessary
> tools I believe. This did not go to successful completion. It was running on
> an infinite loop displaying the same set of contents again and again. But
> since they are just tools, I aborted and edited the /boot/grub/menu.lst to
> add an entry for the compiled xen.
>
> When I reboot into the compiled kernel, the system halts when the splash
> screen is getting loaded. Hence i edited the file /etc/inittab and changed
> the runlevel from 5 to 3.

try running startx after logging in runlevel 3.
or
try these
1. Delete xorg.conf and restart
or
2. You could try a different video mode by passing "vga=ask" at your
boot prompt. at kernel command line and select a different video mode
options.


>
> After a series of boot messages, the system allowed me to login.
>
> Can you please guide me if there is any mistake in the steps followed. I am
> not sure why the system does not login with runlevel 5. But if i use a
> precompiled xen installed using the openSuse 11.0 DVD, it works perfectly
> fine. But i am trying to make small modifications to the xen scheduler, for
> which I would like to learn to compile it myself.
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Regards
> Ananth
>
>
>
>
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