Script started on Wed 21 Nov 2012 05:38:17 PM PST [root@copernicium noauto]# pacman -Q | grep -v ^# xen xen 4.2.0-14 [root@copernicium noauto]# cat sysctemctl | grep xen proc-xen.mount loaded active mounted Mount /proc/xen files var-lib-xenstored.mount loaded active mounted mount xenstore file system xenconsoled.service loaded active running Xenconsoled - handles logging from guest consoles and hypervisor xendomains.service loaded active exited Xendomains - start and stop guests on boot and shutdown xenstored.service loaded active running Xenstored - daemon managing xenstore file system  [root@copernicium noauto]# grep -v ^# finnix-pv.cfg memory=2048 name="finnix-pv" kernel = "/mnt/isos/linux64" ramdisk = "/mnt/isos/initrd.xz" vcpus=2 disk = [ '/mnt/isos/finnix-106.iso,raw,hdc,devtype=cdrom' ] vif = [ 'mac=fa:de:d0:ab:cd:ef,bridge=outer0' ] [root@copernicium noauto]# xl create finnix-pv.cfg Parsing config from finnix-pv.cfg libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1212:device_model_spawn_outcome: domain 5 device model: spawn failed (rc=-3) libxl: error: libxl_qmp.c:641:libxl__qmp_initialize: Connection error: No such file or directory Daemon running with PID 832 [root@copernicium noauto]# xl console finnix-pv [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.5.0-1-amd64-finnix (3.5.0-1) (root@humorbot) (gcc version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8) ) #1 SMP Mon Sep 24 03:25:10 PDT 2012 [ 0.000000] Command line: /* trimmed */ [ 0.318827] Freeing unused kernel memory: 708k freed Welcome to Finnix! [*] Total memory: 2004MiB, shared ramdisk: 1591MiB [*] Setting up ramdisk... done [*] Loading probed module: [*] Loading probed module: xen_blkfront /* and here it freezes until I destroy the domain */ [root@copernicium noauto]# xl destroy finnix-pv libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1245:libxl__destroy_device_model: Device Model already exited [root@copernicium noauto]# ls -l /run/xen ls: cannot access /run/xen: No such file or directory [root@copernicium noauto]# mkdir /run/xen [root@copernicium noauto]# xl create finnix-pv.cfg Parsing config from finnix-pv.cfg Daemon running with PID 958 [root@copernicium noauto]# xl consolleole finnix-pv.cfg  [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset /* dmesg removed again */ [ 0.318574] Freeing unused kernel memory: 708k freed Welcome to Finnix! [*] Total memory: 2004MiB, shared ramdisk: 1591MiB [*] Setting up ramdisk... done [*] Loading probed module: [*] Loading probed module: xen_blkfront [*] Loading probed module: ide-generic [*] Loading probed module: generic [*] Loading probed module: xen-blkfront [*] Loading probed module: xen-netfront [*] Looking for Finnix media at xvdc... [*] Finnix media found at xvdc [*] Creating unionfs overlay... done /* more stuff */ [*] Finnix 106 ready; 395 packages, 107M compressed root@hvc0:~# shutdown -h now [*] Shutting down... [root@copernicium xen]# ls -l /run/xen total 0 srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 21 17:50 qmp-libxl-5