[kvm-devel] KVM architecture docs

2008-03-03 Thread Alessandro Sardo
the following docs: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/papers/2003-xensosp.pdf http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenArchitecture?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Xen+Architecture_Q1+2008.pdf Does anything like that exist, or should I go the long way studying QEMU and KVM sour

[kvm-devel] KVM-33 + Windows Server 2003 = VMX->OK / SVM->kernel panic?

2007-07-24 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello list, I am facing some big issues with the latest KVM release. I am still trying to boot and use the same VM image on four different hosts, but with outstanding bad luck. More precisely, I created a brand new VM image and installed Windows Server 2003. Then, I did shut it down and archiv

Re: [kvm-devel] KVM-29 + Windows Server 2003 = kernel panic

2007-07-23 Thread Alessandro Sardo
mmand line: "kvm -hda VM.img -cdrom Win2003.iso -boot c -net nic,model=rtl8139,macaddr=00:01:02:1E:77:96 -net tap,script=/etc/kvm/qemu-ifup -m 1024 -smp 2 -daemonize -usb -usbdevice tablet -vnc :1" Please let me know if I can help in any way, thanks. AS Avi Kivity ha scritto: >

[kvm-devel] KVM-29 + Windows Server 2003 = kernel panic

2007-07-19 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello list, I am trying to install Windows Server 2003 using KVM-29, but getting kernel panics every time. Some notes: * CPU model: 2 x Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processor 2210 * KVM versions: KVM-29 * Host: RHEL5 x86_64, kernel 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 * Guest: Windows Server 2003 Standard edition * the pr

[kvm-devel] Mouse stuck inside VM guest? Read here!

2007-06-25 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello list, in the past two days I experienced some weird problems with mouse inside VM guests. Specifically, whenever I started a guest and clicked on its SDL window, the mouse cursor would get stuck in one of the corners and not move away from there. What was strange is that everything worked

[kvm-devel] KVM-28 + RHEL5 = mouse disappears

2007-06-23 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello list, I am experiencing the following problem with the latest KVM release. Whenever I start a guest and click on its window, the mouse cursor will "disappear" (actually, it just gets stuck in one of the corners and will not move away from there). So, mouse inside the guest is totally unus

[kvm-devel] KVM on Centos 5 x86_64

2007-05-03 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello, that simply looks like a missing dependancy problem. Just do as root: # yum install SDL-devel zlib-devel alsa-devel e2fsprogs-devel kernel-devel Regards, AleS - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download

Re: [kvm-devel] [ kvm-Bugs-1710701 ] host gui gets messed up (mainly mouse issues) with kvm-21

2007-05-01 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello, I do too confirm this bug. It happens only with KVM-21, KVM-20 and older versions work just fine. If running with the -no-kvm flag, the mouse problem does not occur though. Regards, AleS - This SF.net email is spons

[kvm-devel] KVM-21 on RHEL4: cannot build kernel module

2007-04-29 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello list, I am trying to compile KVM-21 on RHEL4 U4 (kernel version is 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL SMP). While I do not have any problem compiling the 'user' and 'qemu' targets, I cannot seem to be able to build the kernel module. I would like to point out that: 1) kernel-devel packages are installed

[kvm-devel] KVM-17 & WinXP network setup hangs

2007-03-20 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello KVM devs, I've just downloaded and checked out KVM-17. I tried installing a Windows XP SP2 guest, using the following script (notice how I did NOT use the '-no-acpi' flag): qemu -hda /var/vm/img/WinXP.img -cdrom /var/vm/iso/WinXP.iso -boot d -m 512 The first phase of installation went s

[kvm-devel] KVM block/network PV drivers

2007-03-08 Thread Alessandro Sardo
Hello mighty KVM devs, I have one simple question. What's the status of block/network PV drivers for Windows XP/2003? Thanks, - Alessandro - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsa