From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Tue Aug 22 16:52:10 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC67DD4070 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:52:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from james@pacehouse.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22f.google.com (mail-wm0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8BF46B3F5 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from james@pacehouse.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id b189so2211825wmd.0 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:52:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=pacehouse.com; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=wg/lAfBlRKFAknMVEV2pdRrUB8ilPdyE5vxkvYR5k9g=; b=IzwKF9bJHozduuSSe5paDA1k/VGARA7JVwB98bX5e9FmXBbBPpHIEQpdmdIASks7eO aQnBorw2vedcA0wm69wQj9XzycbgFkMSY9R7BmOxM6KowHxXJTif+O9rZzmF5yj8GWLS UASZajvNWpA3zXMEOSyyiAJtWw8g90MgX9MOo= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=wg/lAfBlRKFAknMVEV2pdRrUB8ilPdyE5vxkvYR5k9g=; b=Wc3ax6rgZKJFbU+7bqmV3EPHZt9sY8r11d1XUoOrgMKLjHeOCLQseYzq7O2ljlyzPM KyXmZhtZJBSo+nlPi+NqsXTT8yNk8AVPzYCIdJpiGt3vDNzs+yVHUVKDURqqan4fQSbf W8fiBSh+FUftTtKq3+6pvo6h1DJja6MOoX+ZuDGDdZC2dkBcXN/abZ+kH1Xzpukr9v4I DCRK3iAVchraPgvq5W9USWgggN9P+rEH3FZ59VnSN1PqnuhzzUR6NRDRudL9ajyxsDNJ nZZcc3eZMxLjk/c/7wJoucNifLnI7zi2rmrX0/dgqV4Bma9LPN4TZtzyDs3pt5Q/pKkP w9tw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5jgI47a4WPOa/fqmfP/+uGnAIpOVKHJFsX774dXwcoY/6R4kOrr iUsnIWcgOf3pMaJOQz+z8jviThROUSSF X-Received: by 10.28.9.13 with SMTP id 13mr156463wmj.78.1503420727798; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:52:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.135.2 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:51:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170822081103.juauywgrjximcv2y@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> References: <20170822081103.juauywgrjximcv2y@MacBook-Pro-de-Roger.local> From: "James E. Pace" Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:51:47 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fwd: FreeBSD 11.1 xen trying to create linux domU instance To: =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=C3=A9?= Cc: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:52:10 -0000 Thank you for the responses; I appreciate the help. On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:11 AM, Roger Pau Monn=C3=A9 > wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 10:56:33AM -0700, James E. Pace wrote: >> > > > First, each time I boot the (physical) system, I have to tell the FreeB= SD >> > boot loader to turn on xen. (That is, hit 6 to set options, then 7 to >> > enable xen, then 1 to return to the main menu, then 1 to boot). Is >> there a >> > way to make this the default behavior? >> >> Yes, you need to add the following to /boot/loader.conf: >> >> xen_kernel=3D"/boot/xen" >> > I have already added this to loader.conf, as suggested in the FreeBSD handbook section on Xen, which I followed. I figure this allows the possibility of booting xen, but doesn't make it the default? [Deleted info about not booting Linux. I added 'raw' for the zfs filesystem as hda and that didn't change anything. However, after leaving it for hours, it appears that the domU got further in the boot process. Investigation continues.] > > Third, on my DomU FreeBSD guest, I'm trying to set up X / Gnome3. The >> > mouse pointer and the little dot are far apart; that is, the mouse isn= 't >> > tracking my movements well. I found several suggestions to add >> > "usbdevice=3Dtablet" to the config file, but that caused it to not >> respond to >> > my mouse at all. Suggestions? >> >> This should be: >> >> usbdevice=3D['tablet'] >> > This didn't change the behavior; mouse still does not move. Any other thoughts? Thank you, James --=20 James E. Pace