[Netkit.users] Problems with Netkit on Fedora Core 4

[Massimo Rimondini]

Hello Antony,

sorry for bothering you with a further question instead of a prompt 
answer. What happens if you launch the virtual machine (still using the 
default xterm) with options --verbose --no-log --con0=this? Seeing the 
output of vstart with these options may help debugging this problem.

At very first glance, this may be due to some problem in accessing the 
virtual machines filesystem (netkit2/fs/netkit-fs), but I may be wrong.

Regards,
Massimo.


Antony Mistretta wrote:

> Unfortunately there's a problem with Netkit on Fedora Core 4:
> when I type 'vstart pc1' an xterm appears for a while and then 
> suddenly dies. Here's the output of the command:
>
> [code]
> [ice a vega ~]$ vstart pc1
>
>
> ============= Starting virtual machine "pc1" =============
>   Kernel:     /opt/netkit2/kernel/netkit-kernel
>   Modules:    /opt/netkit2/kernel/modules
>   Memory:     8 MB
>   Model fs:   /opt/netkit2/fs/netkit-fs
>   Filesystem: /home/ice/pc1.disk (new)
>   Hostfs at:  /home/ice
>
> Running ==> /opt/netkit2/kernel/netkit-kernel 
> modules=/opt/netkit2/kernel/modules name=pc1 title=pc1 umid=pc1 
> mem=12M ubd0=/home/ice/pc1.disk,/opt/netkit2/fs/netkit-fs root=98:1 
> uml_dir=/home/ice/.netkit/mconsole hosthome=/home/ice quiet con0=xterm 
> con1=null
> [ice a vega ~]$
> [/code]
>
> I tried to change the netkit.conf file, setting 'TERM_TYPE=gnome' 
> instead of 'xterm': the result is that the virtual machine gets 
> created but no terminals appear:
>
> [code]
> [ice a vega ~]$ vstart pc1
>
>
> ============= Starting virtual machine "pc1" =============
>   Kernel:     /opt/netkit2/kernel/netkit-kernel
>   Modules:    /opt/netkit2/kernel/modules
>   Memory:     8 MB
>   Model fs:   /opt/netkit2/fs/netkit-fs
>   Filesystem: /home/ice/pc1.disk
>   Hostfs at:  /home/ice
>
> Running ==> /opt/netkit2/kernel/netkit-kernel 
> modules=/opt/netkit2/kernel/modules name=pc1 title=pc1 umid=pc1 
> mem=12M ubd0=/home/ice/pc1.disk,/opt/netkit2/fs/netkit-fs root=98:1 
> uml_dir=/home/ice/.netkit/mconsole hosthome=/home/ice quiet con0=xterm 
> con1=null xterm=gnome-terminal,-t,-e
> [ice a vega ~]$ vlist
> USER        VHOST               PID  UPTIME         SIZE  INTERFACES
> ice         pc1                2913  00:09         12512
>
> Total virtual machines:       1    (you),        1    (all users).
> Total consumed memory:    12512 KB (you),    12512 KB (all users).
> [ice a vega ~]$
> [/code]
>
> Finally, when I try to shut down the machine, here's what happens:
>
> [code]
> [ice a vega ~]$ vhalt pc1
> Halting virtual machine "pc1" (PID 2913) owned by ice 
> [....................]
> vhalt: could not shut down virtual machine "pc1".
> [ice a vega ~]$
> [/code]
>
> While, instead, the crash seems to work:
>
> [code]
> [ice a vega ~]$ vcrash pc1
>
> ============= Crashing virtual machine "pc1" (PID 2913) =========
> Virtual machine owner:           ice
> Virtual machine mconsole socket: /home/ice/.netkit/mconsole/pc1/mconsole
> Crashing... done.
> [ice a vega ~]$
> [/code]
>
> I'm running Netkit on a Fedora Core 4 updated to the latest version, 
> kernel 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 with a 16K stack option. The configuration 
> script says everything is ok and set properly, and that I have both 
> xterm and gnome-terminal. I hope this helps.
>
> Ice
>
>
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