XEN does not boot into X Windows

[captain0]

Most of the time when I install XEN on openSUSE 11.1 and SLES 11, the XEN kernel starts in a terminal rather than with X Windows. I have installed XEN during initial installation and with Yast after installation, both directly on the hardware and in Hyper-V. Does anyone know why this occurs?

I don't have this problem with SLES 10. I am too frustrated to restart all the systems to provide exact details and hope this will be enough information. It is possible that it is related to the degree to which I performed online updates on the systems before installing XEN.

Thanks,

Rich

[ElllisD]

11.2 RC2 iso
Dell XPS 430
Matrox M9120 Plus LP PCIe x1 dual-head
Nvidia GT200b (GeForce GTX 285) PCIe x1 dual-head


When I boot using the kernel automatically added by choosing "Install hypervisor and tools", it waits at tty1 for a login.

If I do startx it fails with no screens found.

When I run sax2 -a, it just sits there until I Ctrl-C it.

If I do X -configure, it fails with caught signal 11- aborting.

When I boot using the original kernel from the iso, all's well- except I can't use xen.

What does one do about this?

[ElllisD]

11.2 will boot into a desktop using the xen kernel installed by yast

[alibab]

Hi ElllisD,
did you also install the closedsource drivers from nvidia?

If this works in 11.2 I'll be very hapy :-)
Since until now the combination original nvidia driver + xen kernel did not work without many tweaking.