Bug#787229: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#787229: xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64: xl command hangs on Dell R720
Hi Ian, You can close this bug report. I finally succeed in installing Debian Jessie on the Dell PowerEdge R720. The problem was indeed, a faulty installation due to os-prober, unable to complete the scan of all the Xen LVM. I have installed Debian Jessie without grub, than reboot in rescue mode. I have created manually /etc/default/grub and add GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true. I have installed grub, reboot and everything worked with xl commands. Thank you again for your help. Have a nice day. Benoit 2015-05-30 10:31 GMT+02:00 Ian Campbell i...@debian.org: On Sat, 2015-05-30 at 05:23 +0200, Benoît Tonnerre wrote: mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Starting Xen daemons: xenfs xenstored mai 29 22:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. This suggests that the xen daemons and in particular xenstored are not actually running, the result of which will be any command which tries to talk to xenstored (like xl list, most xl commands and the xenstore-write seen in the status log) will never get an answer and will appear to hang. I don't know what Fake start-stop-daemon is, but it sounds like the root of your problems. Ian.
Bug#787229: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#787229: xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64: xl command hangs on Dell R720
I'm afraid I don't know what may or may not have happened to your installation, just that this fake-start-stop-daemon thing is very likely interfering with the operation of Xen by not actually starting daemons. I suggest you try asking somewhere like the debian-users list to see if anyone there knows what this thing is or what to do about it. Ian. On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 15:22 +0200, Benoît Tonnerre wrote: Hi, Thanks for your answer. During the Debian jessie installation, I had a problem at grub step. The os-prober part was stuck : grub was at 66 % (os-prober tried to browse all the VM on LVM partitions) After more than 15 minutes, os-prober seems to be stuck, so I rebooted the server. I had to boot in rescue mode, then, reinstalled grub and modified it to add GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true. It seems it solved the problem, I was able to boot the server. Maybe there are some missing things in my Debian installation ? Do you want me to fill an other bug report (concerning the installation problem ?) I have not this problem with Debian Wheezy installation. Thanks for your time and for your help. Benoit 2015-05-30 10:31 GMT+02:00 Ian Campbell i...@debian.org: On Sat, 2015-05-30 at 05:23 +0200, Benoît Tonnerre wrote: mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Starting Xen daemons: xenfs xenstored mai 29 22:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. This suggests that the xen daemons and in particular xenstored are not actually running, the result of which will be any command which tries to talk to xenstored (like xl list, most xl commands and the xenstore-write seen in the status log) will never get an answer and will appear to hang. I don't know what Fake start-stop-daemon is, but it sounds like the root of your problems. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#787229: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#787229: xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64: xl command hangs on Dell R720
Hi, Thanks for your answer. During the Debian jessie installation, I had a problem at grub step. The os-prober part was stuck : grub was at 66 % (os-prober tried to browse all the VM on LVM partitions) After more than 15 minutes, os-prober seems to be stuck, so I rebooted the server. I had to boot in rescue mode, then, reinstalled grub and modified it to add GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true. It seems it solved the problem, I was able to boot the server. Maybe there are some missing things in my Debian installation ? Do you want me to fill an other bug report (concerning the installation problem ?) I have not this problem with Debian Wheezy installation. Thanks for your time and for your help. Benoit 2015-05-30 10:31 GMT+02:00 Ian Campbell i...@debian.org: On Sat, 2015-05-30 at 05:23 +0200, Benoît Tonnerre wrote: mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Starting Xen daemons: xenfs xenstored mai 29 22:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. This suggests that the xen daemons and in particular xenstored are not actually running, the result of which will be any command which tries to talk to xenstored (like xl list, most xl commands and the xenstore-write seen in the status log) will never get an answer and will appear to hang. I don't know what Fake start-stop-daemon is, but it sounds like the root of your problems. Ian.
Bug#787229: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#787229: xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64: xl command hangs on Dell R720
Thanks you, Ian for your answer. According to some google searches, it confirm that the fake-start-stop-daemon is a result of a crashed installation (wich is my case). I found two possible fixes : - apt-get install dpkg --reinstall -cp /sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL /sbin/start-stop-daemon I can't test it right now. I'll try to reproduce this bug by rebooting a virtualbox installation of Debian Jessie at grub step. Benoit 2015-06-02 16:11 GMT+02:00 Ian Campbell i...@debian.org: I'm afraid I don't know what may or may not have happened to your installation, just that this fake-start-stop-daemon thing is very likely interfering with the operation of Xen by not actually starting daemons. I suggest you try asking somewhere like the debian-users list to see if anyone there knows what this thing is or what to do about it. Ian. On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 15:22 +0200, Benoît Tonnerre wrote: Hi, Thanks for your answer. During the Debian jessie installation, I had a problem at grub step. The os-prober part was stuck : grub was at 66 % (os-prober tried to browse all the VM on LVM partitions) After more than 15 minutes, os-prober seems to be stuck, so I rebooted the server. I had to boot in rescue mode, then, reinstalled grub and modified it to add GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true. It seems it solved the problem, I was able to boot the server. Maybe there are some missing things in my Debian installation ? Do you want me to fill an other bug report (concerning the installation problem ?) I have not this problem with Debian Wheezy installation. Thanks for your time and for your help. Benoit 2015-05-30 10:31 GMT+02:00 Ian Campbell i...@debian.org: On Sat, 2015-05-30 at 05:23 +0200, Benoît Tonnerre wrote: mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Starting Xen daemons: xenfs xenstored mai 29 22:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. This suggests that the xen daemons and in particular xenstored are not actually running, the result of which will be any command which tries to talk to xenstored (like xl list, most xl commands and the xenstore-write seen in the status log) will never get an answer and will appear to hang. I don't know what Fake start-stop-daemon is, but it sounds like the root of your problems. Ian.
Bug#787229: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#787229: xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64: xl command hangs on Dell R720
On Sat, 2015-05-30 at 05:23 +0200, Benoît Tonnerre wrote: mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Starting Xen daemons: xenfs xenstored mai 29 22:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. mai 29 23:20:50 jango xen[1150]: Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing. This suggests that the xen daemons and in particular xenstored are not actually running, the result of which will be any command which tries to talk to xenstored (like xl list, most xl commands and the xenstore-write seen in the status log) will never get an answer and will appear to hang. I don't know what Fake start-stop-daemon is, but it sounds like the root of your problems. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
