Can't start xend - this is not a privileged domain.

[darthazad]

I am running 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 and have installed xen-4.1.1-r2 and xen-tools-4.1.1-r6 via portage. when I try to start xend I get:

[BillWho]

darthazad,

Did you boot to the hypervisor? That error sounds like you just booted the kernel. I'm not a xen expert, but I don't think you should have any frontend settings enabled for the dom0 kernel.

I installed this a few weeks ago and can tell you from experience that it's the most confusing configuration I've encountered so far. It seems the more you dig the more confusing it gets with conflicting and often outdated documentation.

I haven't done much with it since booting a Backtrack iso in the domu. As a matter of fact I imaged it to take it up another day.

I can tell you that this is just the beginning of your headaches.

Good luck with it

[darthazad]

Thank you for the response!

[BillWho]

darthazad,

Just to clarify you have to start the xen hypervisor then load the linux kernel. Here's my grub.cfg entry. I'm using grub 2 so .97 will be different.

menuentry "Gentoo Linux-Xen (on /dev/sda13)" --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos12)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2403e6b1-caa5-4d5b-95be-cd7e9a07daf1
multiboot /xen.gz placeholder
module /xen0 placeholder root=/dev/sda13 rootfstype=ext3 ro vga=794
module /xenram
}

Notice the line multiboot - that's the hypervisor (xen.gz) and the next two lines load your dom0 kernel and initramfs if you have one. I use a separate boot partition and use symlinks xen0 and xenram.

Also be aware that this not the sys-kernel/xen-sources - I'm using linux-3.0.8.

If you enter 'xm info' you should get a response of:

root@gentoo-ws490 ~ # xm info
host : gentoo-ws490
release : 3.0.8
version : #13 SMP Sat Mar 10 16:58:56 EST 2012
machine : x86_64
nr_cpus : 4
nr_nodes : 1
cores_per_socket : 2
threads_per_core : 1
cpu_mhz : 2992
hw_caps : bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000940:0004e3bd:00000000:00000001:00000000
virt_caps : hvm
total_memory : 8189
free_memory : 1110
free_cpus : 0
xen_major : 4
xen_minor : 1
xen_extra : .2
xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_scheduler : credit
xen_pagesize : 4096
platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset : unavailable
xen_commandline : placeholder
cc_compiler : gcc version 4.5.3 (Gentoo 4.5.3-r2 p1.0, pie-0.4.6)
cc_compile_by : root
cc_compile_domain : home
cc_compile_date : Mon Feb 27 20:58:11 EST 2012
xend_config_format : 4

If you want the dom0 .config, just let me know

Good luck

[airwalk520]

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