Comment 25 for bug 144631

I think we may be chasing the wrong problem by pursuing xen-tools for the fix.

This problem is also 100% reproducible using manual domain creation.

The only working fix I have found is to add extra='xencons=tty1' to the xendomu config file.

This would be incorrect behaviour. It should work out-of-the-box.

My method for creating the xendomu was using a self-written script as follows:

#!/bin/sh
######################################################################
# $Id: //depot/hosts/xen1/root/mkxenvm#3 $
# $DateTime: 2007/10/16 10:45:21 $
######################################################################

usage()
{
        printf "USAGE: ${0}\t<xendom> <xen volume group>\n"
        printf " \t\t[root part size] [swap part size]\n"
        exit
}

if [ -z ${1} ]; then usage; else xendomu=${1}; fi
if [ -z ${2} ]; then usage; else xenvg=${2}; fi
if [ -z ${3} ]; then rootsize="8G"; else rootsize=${3}; fi
if [ -z ${4} ]; then swapsize="2G"; else swapsize=${4}; fi

printf "Creating root volume /dev/${xenvg}/${xendomu}_root with size ${rootsize}: "
lvcreate -L${rootsize} -n${xendomu}_root ${xenvg}
printf "done.\n"

printf "Creating swap volume /dev/${xenvg}/${xendomu}_swap with size ${swapsize}: "
lvcreate -L${swapsize} -n${xendomu}_swap ${xenvg}
printf "done.\n"

printf "Creating ext3 filesystem on /dev/${xenvg}/${xendomu}_root: "
mkfs.ext3 -L${xendomu}_root /dev/${xenvg}/${xendomu}_root
printf "done.\n"

printf "Creating swap partition on /dev/${xenvg}/${xendomu}_swap: "
mkswap /dev/${xenvg}/${xendomu}_swap
printf "done.\n"

printf "Mounting /dev/${xenvg}/${xendomu}_root on /tmp/${xendomu}: "
mkdir /tmp/${xendomu}

printf "Debootstrapping ${xendomu}: "
debootstrap gutsy /tmp/${xendomu}
printf "done.\n"

printf "Copying modules to ${xendomu}: "
cp -r /lib/modules/`uname -r` /tmp/${xendomu}/lib/modules/
printf "done.\n"

printf "Setting up fstab: "
printf "/dev/sda1\t/\t\text3\trw,errors=remount-ro\t0\t1\n" >> /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/fstab
printf "/dev/sda2\tnone\t\tswap\tdefaults\t0\t0\n" >> /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/fstab
printf "none\t\t/proc\t\tproc\trw,nosuid,noexec\t0\t0\n" >> /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/fstab
printf "done.\n"

printf "Setting up hostname: "
echo "${xendomu}" > /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/hostname

printf "done.\n"

printf "Setting up hosts: "
printf "127.0.0.1\tlocalhost\n" > /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/hosts
printf "done.\n"

printf "Setting up network interfaces: "
printf "auto lo\n" >> /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/network/interfaces
printf "iface lo inet loopback\n" >> /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/network/interfaces
printf "done.\n"

printf "Setting up apt sources: "
echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main universe" > /tmp/${xendomu}/etc/apt/sources.list
printf "done.\n"

printf "Updating apt: "
chroot /tmp/${xendomu} apt-get update
printf "done.\n"

printf "Disabling threads: "
mv /tmp/${xendomu}/lib/tls /tmp/${xendomu}/lib/tls.disabled
printf "done.\n"