[indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] OpenSolaris 200811 nightly image of Oct.31 could not stop slider after installation on xVM virtual machine
Jason Zhao
Jason.Zhao at Sun.COM
Wed Nov 5 02:14:07 PST 2008
Sorry, install_log is attached here.
Jason
Xiao-Dong Jason Zhao wrote:
> Thank you, Jan.
>
> I tried you solution, and the weird thing is when I remove the items
> #######################
> splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm
> foreground d25f00
> background 115d93
>
> Also remove ",console=graphics" from kernel$ line
>
> Then add -kvd to enable kmdb
> #######################
> The OS could boot up correctly and the XWindows is working correctly, but
> it is after I manually configure the IP Address since X could not start up
> on the machine could not get IP Address through DHCP automatically.
>
>
> Next I tried to start it again and keeping ",console=graphics" while removing
> "splashimage, foreground and background", it shows a blank console
> after grub which console show nothing and it always keeps in this situation
> and no much progress is made. So it seems like the "console=graphic" on kernel
> module results in the issue. I am using the snv_101a as Dom0 and install
> OpenSolaris 200811 nightly image which was built on Oct.31. MDT.
>
> So there are 2 issues here:
> 1. Is this "console=graphic" used by "virtual console" module? Obviously it
> hinder the machine from booting. Or maybe this keywords redirect console to a kind
> of GUI mode which console or kmdb could not show?
>
> 2. Another issue here is the XWindows depends on multi-user and the multi-user
> normally depends on network/service. I think if there is no DHCP or the network/
> service would not start up correctly, the X/gdm service will never start up. In the
> mean time, the booting process is hidden behind the "splashimage" of GRUB.
> The result is users never could access to console and they might confuse why the
> OS could not boot up as I hit in xVM machine this time. So it might be good not show
> splashimage on GRUB when trying to boot.
> As following:
> ################################
> svc:/network/service:default (layered network services)
> State: offline since Wed Nov 05 09:38:33 2008
> Reason: Start method is running. <---- The service is running here, not never done in a very long time(a few hours on my xVM now)
> See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-C4
> See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 1M ifconfig
> See: /var/svc/log/network-service: default.log
> Impact: 7 dependent services are not running:
> svc:/network/smtp:sendmail
> svc:/milestone/multi-user:default
> ......
> svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm:default:
> ......
>
> ################################
> After I manual set IP Address, the X/gdm service start correctly
> and the whole OS could work as expected, too.
>
> I attached the install_log which seems to be OK from my points of view.
>
> Thanks
> Jason
>
>
>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> could you please try without "happy face" (that progress bar)
>> in order to see, why/where the machine is hanging ?
>>
>> When in GRUB, press 'e' and using 'd' remove following lines from
>> GRUB menu:
>>
>> splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm
>> foreground d25f00
>> background 115d93
>>
>> Also remove ",console=graphics" from kernel$ line.
>>
>> Optionally, you might add "-kvd" to the kernel$ line
>> in order to enable kmdb and obtain more information -
>> if it turns out, it is not quite obvious, why machine
>> hung.
>>
>> Then press 'b' in order to boot - progress bar shouldn't be there
>> and you could observe what's going on.
>>
>> Also, could you please attach "install_log" file ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jan
>>
>>
>>
>> Jason Zhao wrote:
>>
>>> Forgot to mention, the build is based on snv_100a.
>>>
>>> And I installed the virtual machine on X4200 M2 with 2G RAM
>>> and 34G disk which is a large file.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jason
>>> Jason Zhao wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, All
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I pulled over the 1031 nightly image from indiana-build.central.
>>>> And I tried to install it on xVM virtual machine through HVM mode.
>>>> The installation process is quite well, but after installation,
>>>>
>> when>> the GUI or X try to start, it shows a slider which is never
>> end, and it
>>
>>>> is to say, the GUI desktop could never start. As the screen picture
>>>> in attachment. So far, it is about 14 hours after installation, the
>>>> desktop still could not start.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure what it try to do when GUI or X start, and I guess
>>>>
>> it is
>>
>>>> trying to get DHCP address. But in our test environment, the
>>>>
>> machine>> could not be dispatched an IP address automatically by
>> DHCP server.
>>
>>>> On real machine, the slider process after installation is also
>>>>
>> quite>> long in our test environment. It is about 15 minutes in all
>> on Lenovo
>>
>>>> T61 laptop.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestion, please?
>>>>
>>>> Great Thanks
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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