https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c4 --- Comment #4 from Stephen Shaw 2007-10-08 12:02:00 MST --- ok, I think I know whats going on, just not why. It appears that on that machine you install kernel-default which doesn't have PAE support. Not sure why, but when you install xen it installs kernel-xen and kernel-xenpae. If you look at the grub menu you will notice one mentions xenpae and the other doesn't. My guess is that when you install xen you are install both kernel-xen and kernel-xenpae. If you were to uninstall kernel-xenpae this would probably go away. How exactly are you install xen? Are you choosing the kernel-xen*? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c6 --- Comment #6 from Stephen Shaw 2007-10-08 17:04:10 MST --- Did you use the gtk interface or the qt? the 2 entries in grub are definitely different. And you have the 2 xen kernels installed. The reason that one works and not the other is you don't have the matching linux kernel to one of the entries. On the box that Jack listed: RPMS linux-ogml:/boot # uname -a Linux linux-ogml 2.6.22.5-31-xen #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux linux-ogml:/boot # rpm -q kernel-pae package kernel-pae is not installed linux-ogml:/boot # rpm -q kernel-default kernel-default-2.6.22.5-31 linux-ogml:/boot # rpm -q kernel-xen kernel-xen-2.6.22.5-31 linux-ogml:/boot # rpm -q kernel-xenpae kernel-xenpae-2.6.22.5-31 linux-ogml:/boot # GRUB: ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen### title XEN -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/xen-pae.gz This is the xen pae version missing matching linux kernel ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen-2.6.22.5-31-xen### title XEN -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/xen.gz This one has a matching linux kernel installed

From what I can tell, the menu is created correctly. No problem there, however either you install both kernel-xen and kernel-xenpae by accident or the pattern is too inclusive. This is why I'm interested in more details about how you installed it. I need specifics.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c8 --- Comment #8 from Joe Harmon 2007-10-08 23:14:54 MST --- I didn't install the kernel-smp... This is a single processor and has two gigs of Ram. My understanding is the bigsmp processor shouldn't be installed with this criteria. To me it looks like it is the kernel-xenpae when I look at the menu.lst --- # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Oct 8 23:05:01 MDT 2007 default 2 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen### title XEN -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/xen-pae.gz module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-xenpae root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_FUJITSU_MHV2060_NW06T6A2BFT7-part2 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts module /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-xenpae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen-2.6.22.5-31-xen### title XEN -- openSUSE 10.3 - 2.6.22.5-31 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/xen.gz module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-xen root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_FUJITSU_MHV2060_NW06T6A2BFT7-part2 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts module /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-31-xen ---- As far as how I installed the OS I did the following. I did an install and chose gnome as the default. However I did add the kde packages. I did not add the xen components during the installation. After installing the OS I decided to put the xen pattern on. I went into the software management module and choose the xen pattern. Then I rebooted and had two Xen items in the menu. That is all I did. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c10 Joe Harmon changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | --- Comment #10 from Joe Harmon 2007-10-09 10:05:47 MST --- This is not a SLES machine this is openSUSE 10.3 and the fact that it is putting in 2 entries just because I installed the Xen pattern is indeed a bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c12 Jason Douglas changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jdouglas@novell.com AssignedTo|stshaw@novell.com |coolo@novell.com Status|REOPENED |NEW Component|Xen |Patterns QAContact|jdouglas@novell.com |coolo@novell.com --- Comment #12 from Jason Douglas 2007-10-09 10:31:18 MST --- Stephen is right. The bootloader entries were created properly. Therefore, I am changing this bug to be a "Patterns" issue. The Xen pattern should not contain both kernels. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c20 Lynn Bendixsen changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sbearnson@novell.com --- Comment #20 from Lynn Bendixsen 2007-10-09 14:29:07 MST --- I am sorry for the oversight. I saw the instructions in there when I skimmed the doc earlier but on closer scrutiny the instructions appear in the OES section and not in the SLES section. I put a comment in the doc so that the doc people have what they need to fix it but in the meantime here is what it says : ----------------- If the computer is already running <SUSE> Linux, use one of the following methods from the desktop or command line interface to install the virtualization software. 1. From the desktop, run YaST > Virtualization > Install Hypervisor and Tools. Complete any on-screen instructions that appear and restart the computer. 2. From a command line interface, enter yast2 xen. Complete the on-screen instructions and restart the computer. 3. Copy the Xen virtualization packages to the computer. From a command line interface, enter rpm -U package_names to install the packages. Complete the on-screen instructions and restart the computer. ---------------- #1 was what I was referring to earlier in my posts. Thanks for finding that, Lynn -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c22 --- Comment #22 from Cyril Hrubis 2007-10-10 05:01:32 MST --- Perhaps related to bug #330467. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c24 --- Comment #24 from Joe Harmon 2007-10-15 11:20:15 MST --- Created an attachment (id=178590) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=178590) yast logs -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c25 Boyd Timothy changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |btimothy@novell.com --- Comment #25 from Boyd Timothy 2007-10-19 11:58:06 MST --- Looking into this further, I've found that: 1. yast2-gtk package selector in 10.3 is broken because it lists all kinds of stuff inside the pattern 2. Earlier comments about not being able to install xen via the pattern are correct. If you use yast2-qt's package selector, you still end up with an incomplete xen install (i.e., no kernel-xen-* is installed) 3. Some bugfixes in yast2-gtk's SVN have been added that fix the pattern installs so that it matches what yast2-qt does I'll get the patches/fixes from yast2-gtk's SVN and submit them as patches to 10.3 to at least get the pattern installs fixed. Beyond that, however, the problem of getting Xen to install via a pattern install is still broken. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330235#c27 --- Comment #27 from Joe Harmon 2007-10-24 14:03:10 MST --- (In reply to comment #26 from Boyd Timothy)

However, the problem of XEN not being able to install completely via a pattern install still exists.

Is there already another bug opened for the other issue or does one need to be opened. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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