It turns out everything was booting, they just weren't configured to give a console or display a GUI window. -matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Donovan [mailto:matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:25 AM > To: libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [libvirt] Problems starting XEN HVM with libvirt > > I've been having trouble getting a Xen HVM guest started > using libvirt. > I've tried Windows Vista, Fedora Core 8, and Fedora Core 6 > guests. Domain 0 > is FC 8. The only guest that starts correctly is the FC 6 guest. Has > anyone else encountered something like this? Is there a > master list of > guest OS's that libvirt supports? > > Thanks > -matthew > > > CODE: > > #include <stdio.h> > #include <libvirt/libvirt.h> > #include <libvirt/virterror.h> > > > const char* foo = > "<domain type='xen'>" > "<name>fc6</name>" > "<os>" > "<type>hvm</type>" > "<loader>/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader</loader>" > "<boot dev='hd'/>" > "</os>" > "<memory>512000</memory>" > "<vcpu>1</vcpu>" > "<on_shutdown>shutdown</on_shutdown>" > "<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>" > "<on_crash>restart</on_crash>" > "<features>" > "<pae/>" > "<acpi/>" > "<apic/>" > "</features>" > "<clock sync='localtime'/>" > "<devices>" > "<emulator>/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm</emulator>" > "<disk type='block'>" > "<source dev='/dev/vgvms/fc6_test'/>" > "<target dev='hda'/>" > "</disk>" > "<interface type='ioemu'>" > "<mac address='7A:AB:D0:01:82:98'/>" > "</interface>" > "<input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>" > "<graphics type='sdl' password=''/>" > "<serial type='pty'/>" > "</devices>" > "</domain>"; > > > int main (int argc, char** argv) > { > virConnectPtr con; /* connection to the Xen hypervisor */ > virDomainPtr domain; > > virInitialize(); > > con = virConnectOpen ("xen:///"); > if (!con) { > virErrorPtr err = virGetLastError (); > printf ("virConnectOpen failed: %s\n", > err->message); > return -1; > } > > domain = virDomainDefineXML (con, foo); > if (!domain) { > virErrorPtr err = virConnGetLastError (con); > printf ("virDomainDefineXML failed: %s\n", > err->message); > > } else { > > if (virDomainCreate (domain) < 0) { > virErrorPtr err = virConnGetLastError (con); > printf ("virDomainCreate failed: %s\n", > err->message); > } else { > virDomainInfo info = {0}; > virDomainGetInfo (domain, &info); > printf ("state = %d\n", info.state); > getchar (); > } > } > > virConnectClose (con); > return 0; > } > > -- > Libvir-list mailing list > Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list > -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list