Bug 172498

Summary: Network does not start on Xen kernel
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Andrew Haley <aph>
Component: xenAssignee: Rik van Riel <riel>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact:
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Description Andrew Haley 2005-11-05 11:43:38 UTC
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050921 Red Hat/1.0.7-1.4.1 Firefox/1.0.7

Description of problem:
Networking fails to start.  The system correctly transmits DHCP packets, but does not see the replies.

Ethernet interrupts are not being received.

/proc/interrupts reveals

           CPU0       
  1:         65        Phys-irq  i8042
  8:          1        Phys-irq  rtc
 12:        476        Phys-irq  i8042
 15:       4295        Phys-irq  ide1
 16:          0        Phys-irq  eth0
 20:          1        Phys-irq  libata
 21:          0        Phys-irq  ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb4, uhci_hcd:usb5
256:      41600     Dynamic-irq  timer0
257:          0     Dynamic-irq  console
258:          0     Dynamic-irq  net-be-dbg
NMI:          0 
LOC:          0 
ERR:          0
MIS:          0


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-xen0-2.6.12-1.1454_FC4.i686.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Reboot


Actual Results:  Network does not start.

Additional info:

OK with 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.

Comment 1 Andrew Haley 2005-11-05 11:45:59 UTC
Created attachment 120756 [details]
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf

Comment 2 Andrew Haley 2005-11-07 14:15:04 UTC
Created attachment 120781 [details]
dmesg

Comment 3 Stephen Tweedie 2006-02-03 21:25:24 UTC
Does current rawhide work?  We just committed a fix to the xen tools which allow
bridged network traffic to run when iptables firewalling is active; this fixes
networking for me.

Comment 4 Andrew Haley 2006-02-05 17:39:32 UTC
Yes, networking now works for me with rawhide Xen.

I still can't actually use Xen because 

         âââââââââââââââââââ⤠Package Installation ââââââââââââââââââââ         
         â                                                            â         
         â  Namââââââââââ⤠Error running transaction ââââââââââââ     â         
         â  Sizâ                                                â     â         
         â  Sumâ There was an error running your transaction,   â     â         
         â     â probably a disk space problem.  For now,       â     â         
         â     â exiting on this although we should diagnose    â     â         
         â     â and then let you go back.                      â     â         
         â     â                                                â     â         
         â     â                    ââââââ                      â e   â         
         â   Toâ                    â OK â                      â     â         
         â   Coâ                    ââââââ                      â     â 

but there doesn't seem to be a disk full condition:

Type <exit> to return to the install program.

sh-3.1# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev                    131964         0    131964   0% /dev
titan:/scratch/FC5-tree/
                       2985408   2985408         0 100% /mnt/source
/tmp/loop0               67264     67264         0 100% /mnt/runtime
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
                       1523568     35660   1409268   3% /mnt/sysimage
/tmp/xvda1              101086      5664     90203   6% /mnt/sysimage/boot
/dev                    131964         0    131964   0% /mnt/sysimage/dev
sh-3.1# 

Should I file another bug?

Comment 5 Stephen Tweedie 2006-02-05 18:37:00 UTC
That may still be a disk space problem: I've seen this before and had it cured
by installing to a larger disk image.  RPM tries to estimate disk space usage
before starting the transaction so if it knows that the transaction will take
more space than there is available, it can fail early even before the disk
starts to fill up.  

If a larger device works for you, then it would probably be worth reporting this
as an installer problem as the error message could do with being more informative.