Michael, Maybe I should just tell you the symptoms and let you tell me what the problem is. >From virt-manager I can access the the two guests that I installed through virt-install with a nice terminal that works perfectly. These are both in run level 3 (no X). The ones that I created using koan I have to use the serial console option from virt-manager which is painful to use. The line that I have to comment out in the kickstart file for koan is: "xconfig --driver "fbdev" --resolution 800x600 --depth 24" So I assume that for the non-koan installed guests, we are using the frame buffer console (which is v nice). I know that I am not being unix hardcore by eschewing the serial option and it is only a cosmetic thing but if it could be sorted I would be a very happy hacker. Cheers Dan -----Original Message----- From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan Sent: 01 June 2007 3:48 PM To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] koan --virt error Hennessey Daniel wrote: > Michael, > > Thanks for your prompt reply, you were spot on. I set the selinux > policy to "permissive" in "system-config-security" and now all > proceeds as expected. No reboot required. > > I can now install xen guests using koan. > Sure, this will be fixed and released shortly so you'll be able to leave SELinux on. I'll send an email to the list once that's done. I obviously don't want to imply everyone should run with SELinux off just to get koan to work :) > One problem I have now is that the install fails if I include the > "xconfig" in the kickstart file as the xen instance doesn't have a > graphical display. > > Does koan call virt-install to do the actual install? If it does then > it is just a matter of including the "--vnc" switch in the command > line. > It's using virtinst, which is the library behind the virt-install app. > What do you suggest? > > I'll see about adding a graphics option to koan. As I was primarily targetting servers/datacenters, this was left out originally, but it's easy to add and ought to be there. > TIA and FYI I am really excited about the potential of using cobbler > to provision our real and virtual servers. I am also trying to work in > puppet for centralised configuration. This could be the answer to all > my (and my employers) prayers. > > Exciting times indeed thanks to you and all the other OSS workers out > there > You're welcome, thanks for the feedback. > Cheers > > Dan _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools ************************************************************************ DISCLAIMER The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and is intended for the recipient only. If you have received it in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any other purposes, or disclose the content of the e-mail to any other person or store or copy the information in any medium. The views contained in this e-mail are those of the author and not necessarily those of Admenta UK Group. Admenta UK plc is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 3011757 and whose registered office is at Sapphire Court, Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry CV2 2TX ************************************************************************
