[virt-tools-list] virt-manager 0.8.2 local ISO and PXE boot install option greyed out on 2.6.32.27 pv-ops Dom0 kernel

[Cole Robinson]

On 03/01/2011 03:54 AM, Tapas Mishra wrote:
> Hi,
> I just installed a pv-ops Dom0 2.6.32.27 Kernel on a 64 bit non VT machine.
> Following instructions here
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.0
> for 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04
> 
> apt-get install bcc bin86 gawk bridge-utils iproute libcurl3
> libcurl4-openssl-dev bzip2 module-init-tools transfig tgif texinfo
> texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-extra
> texlive-fonts-recommended pciutils-dev mercurial build-essential make
> gcc libc6-dev zlib1g-dev python python-dev python-twisted
> libncurses5-dev patch libvncserver-dev libsdl-dev libjpeg62-dev iasl
> libbz2-dev e2fslibs-dev git-core uuid-dev ocaml libx11-dev bison flex
> 
> apt-get install gcc-multilib
> apt-get install xz-utils
> 
> make xen
> make tools
> make install-xen
> make install-tools PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG=
> 
> I did not do make install-stubdom.
> 
> 
> 
> It is a Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 amd64 bit version.
> Then as  mentioned here on this guide
> http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/virst-installvirt-manager-at-xen-4-0-rc8-2-6-32-10-pvops-dom0-on-top-ubuntu-karmic-koala-server/
> (I did not follow the above guide strictly)
> 
> Commented out (xend-unix-server yes) in /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp ,
> here is my xend-config.sxp
> http://pastebin.com/M8CfrqBc
> Then  exported variable  VIRSH_DEFAULT_CONNECT_URI=”xen:///”
> in root’s .bashrc.
> Then :-
> # apt-get install ubuntu-virt-server ubuntu-virt-mgmt
> 
> Now when I open virt-manager the option to install from Local ISO or
> PXE are greyed out.
> virt-manager version is 0.8.2
> 
> 
> Let me know if there is any possibility of improvement so that I can
> get the option of install from Local ISO here.
> 

Can you please provide the output of virsh --connect xen:/// capabilities

My guess is that libvirt did not detect fullvirt xen capability, so
virt-manager is only providing install options for PV guest (which is URL only
on linux).

- Cole