[Debian] Re: Bug#417540: vzctl: /etc/init.d/vz should load simfs

[David Muir Sharnoff]

I compiled my own kernel.  I generated the config myself.   I suspect the
pre-made config has simfs compiled in and quotas turned on (among
other things).

Unfortunantly, I didn't find the README.   I did find the openvz wiki and
discovered the Debian instructions there didn't work -- perhaps because
I run sid rather than etch or sarge.

If someone can come up with a list of required config options and
modules, I'm willing to write a better version of kernel_check_config
for the startup script.

Thanks,

-Dave

On 4/2/07, Ola Lundqvist <opal at debian.org> wrote:
> Hi David
>
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:54:05PM -0700, David Sharnoff wrote:
> > Package: vzctl
> > Version: 3.0.11-15
> > Severity: important
> >
> >
> > "vzctl start" didn't work until I added "simfs" to the list of
> > modules that /etc/init.d/vz should load.
>
> Interesting! I have not had the same problem. Do you have some
> kind of special setup, or a stripped down kernel?
>
> > This is my first time trying openvz and building the right kernel
> > and makeing vzctl work has been more than a little difficult.
> > I found out that the kernel needs quota support in general.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that. Did you read the README and followed the
> instructions on downloading a pre-compiled kernel?
>
> > Perhaps /etc/init.d/vz should check the output of "modprobe -l" and
> > "zcat /proc/config.gz" to verify that everything that's needed to
> > run openvz is present...
>
> That would be a good thing, yes. Unfortunatly I will not be able
> to correct this for etch as it will be released in just a few days
> now, and they do not accept any changes.
>
> > Perhaps something like:
> >
> > function check_kernel_config()
> > {
> >         local i
> >         local j
> >         if [ -r /proc/config.gz -a -x /bin/zcat -a -r /etc/vz/kconfiglist ]; then
> >                 for i in `awk '/^[A-Z].*:/ { print $1 }' /etc/vz/kconfiglist`; do
> >                         j=`echo $i | sed s/:/=/`
> >                         zcat /proc/config.gz \
> >                                 | grep -v /^#/ \
> >                                 | grep -s $j
> >                         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> >                                 echo Missing kernel config option: \
> >                                         `grep $i /etc/vz/kconfiglist`
> >                         fi
> >                 done
> >         fi
> > }
>
> I'll Cc the openvz team to see what their opinion is.
>
> Regards,
>
> // Ola
>
> > -Dave
> >
> >
> > -- System Information:
> > Debian Release: 4.0
> >   APT prefers unstable
> >   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
> > Architecture: i386 (i686)
> > Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> > Kernel: Linux 2.6.18
> > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
> >
> > Versions of packages vzctl depends on:
> > ii  iproute                     20061002-4   Professional tools to control the
> > ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> > ii  vzquota                     3.0.8-2      server virtualization solution - q
> >
> > Versions of packages vzctl recommends:
> > ii  rsync                         2.6.9-3    fast remote file copy program (lik
> >
> > -- no debconf information
> >
> >
>
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