[kernel-xen] xenconsoled starts twice

[Steven Haigh]

On 16/05/14 13:29, Glenn Enright wrote:
> In a the latest release I see multiple messages like this in xm dmesg
> every time I start a domain.
> 
> (XEN) event_channel.c:233:d0 EVTCHNOP failure: domain 14, error -22
> 
> I eventually foind out this was caused by multiple copioes of
> xenconsoled running...
> 
> root      1485  0.0  0.0  86580   528 ?        SLl  01:58   0:00
> xenconsoled --pid-file=/var/run/xenconsoled.pid
> root      1679  0.0  0.0  86580   488 ?        SLl  01:58   0:00
> /usr/sbin/xenconsoled --log=none --log-dir=/var/log/xen/console
> 
> It looks like one is started by xencommons and one by the actual
> xenconsoled init script
> 
> clueref: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2014-01/msg02460.html
> 
> Running '/etc/init.d/xenconsoled stop' solves the unexpected messages.
> I'm not sure if this is a bug in the package scripts, an leftover init
> script, or my PEBKAC.
> 
> What is expected there? Should I just disable the xenconsoled init
> script? If thats the case why is that file present?
> 
> Appreciate any thoughts on what is the best thing to do there.

I believe xenconsoled is there for compatibility only. I'm pretty sure
you can disable it from starting at boot without any concequences.

I haven't removed it as I can't be perfectly sure that nobody uses it!

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Steven Haigh

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