CentOS 6.3 64 bit KVM Guest fails

[apmuthu]

Installed guest (2.6 kernel):

QEMU KVM using:
CentOS-6.3-x86_64-minimal-EFI.iso
2048 MB RAM
20GB HDD

On first boot:

ifup eth0
yum update
yum install nano
shutdown -r now
yum -y groupinstall "Desktop" "Desktop Platform" "General Purpose Desktop" "Fonts" "X Window System"
shutdown -r now

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=ngwtsg.planhosts.com

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE="eth0"
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
HWADDR="5E:3A:14:5A:8C:29"
NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
ONBOOT="yes"
TYPE="Ethernet"
UUID="7678a205-aaca-471f-a201-9d44cbb4e66b"

# cat /etc/sysconfig/init
# color => new RH6.0 bootup
# verbose => old-style bootup
# anything else => new style bootup without ANSI colors or positioning
BOOTUP=color
# column to start "[ OK ]" label in
RES_COL=60
# terminal sequence to move to that column. You could change this
# to something like "tput hpa ${RES_COL}" if your terminal supports it
MOVE_TO_COL="echo -en \\033[${RES_COL}G"
# terminal sequence to set color to a 'success' color (currently: green)
SETCOLOR_SUCCESS="echo -en \\033[0;32m"
# terminal sequence to set color to a 'failure' color (currently: red)
SETCOLOR_FAILURE="echo -en \\033[0;31m"
# terminal sequence to set color to a 'warning' color (currently: yellow)
SETCOLOR_WARNING="echo -en \\033[0;33m"
# terminal sequence to reset to the default color.
SETCOLOR_NORMAL="echo -en \\033[0;39m"
# Set to anything other than 'no' to allow hotkey interactive startup...
PROMPT=yes
# Set to 'yes' to allow probing for devices with swap signatures
AUTOSWAP=no
# What ttys should gettys be started on?
ACTIVE_CONSOLES=/dev/tty[1-6]
# Set to '/sbin/sulogin' to prompt for password on single-user mode
# Set to '/sbin/sushell' otherwise
SINGLE=/sbin/sushell

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

When logging in to CentOS 6.3 on CLI and then trying to start X we get the following error:

X.Org X Server 1.10.6
Release Date: 2012-02-10
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: c6b7 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux ngwtsg.example.com 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 19 07:05:20 UTC 2012 x86_64
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_ngwtsg-lv_root nomodeset rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16  rd_LVM_LV=vg_ngwtsg/lv_swap  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_NO_DM rd_LVM_LV=vg_ngwtsg/lv_root rhgb quiet
Build Date: 24 January 2013  04:14:37PM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.10.6-1.0.1.el6.centos
Current version of pixman: 0.18.4
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jan 31 17:22:48 2013
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOn: line 120 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOff: line 121 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOn: line 120 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadOff: line 121 of inet
(EE) QEMU 0.15.0 QEMU USB Tablet: failed to initialize for relative axes.

Even the patched /etc/X11/xorg.conf was useless.

Anyone used CentOS 6.3 64 bit on either PVE 1.x or PVE 2.x in GUI mode?

 

[apmuthu]

Re: CentOS 6.3 64 bit KVM Guest fails - Solved

Finally got it to work with the following /etc/X11/xorg.conf, starting it with startx:

# This is an Xorg configuration file for QEMU/KVM virtual machines.
# It lets you run with resolutions larger than 800x600.
#
# Save it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
# Modify the resolution to suit your needs.
#
# If you're having problems, try booting with the flag -std-vga.

Section "Device"
    Identifier      "device"
    Driver          "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier      "screen"
    Device          "device"
    Monitor         "monitor"
    DefaultDepth    16
    SubSection "Display"
        [B]Depth       16[/B]
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier      "monitor"
    HorizSync       20.0 - 50.0
    VertRefresh     40.0 - 80.0
    Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier      "layout"
    Screen          "screen"
EndSection

The mice synchronise well at 1280 x 1024 resolution. At other resolutions double mouse pointers appear.

Can run startx from putty ssh as well!