April 9, 201412 yr I assume this is possible, and maybe I am just missing something or going about it all wrong, but this is what I want. Essentially I want to install xbmc with a soundcard pass-through for the purpose of being an audio player only. With Yatse, it seems I have enough control to be happy with what i need/want. OpenELEC does not appear possible because of the kernel limitations, so this leaves fewer choices. In this case, I was trying with Arch, but every time I get through the install I cant seem to get grub to function so the system wont boot. The config is basic, pulled from the arch wiki: name = 'ArchU_XBMC' builder = 'hvm' memory = 512 vcpus = 1 bootloader = "pygrub" #disk = ['file:/home/arch.iso,hdc:cdrom,r','phy:/dev/mapper/vg_xen-lv_archxbmc,xvda,w'] disk = [ 'phy:/dev/mapper/vg_xen-lv_archxbmc,xvda,w', 'file:/home/archlinux-2014.04.01-dual.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:05,bridge=xenbr0' ] boot='d' vnc = 1 vnclisten = '0.0.0.0' vncdisplay = 3 usb = '1' usbdevice = 'tablet' pci = [ '04:00.0' ] The one thing I hate is the lack of mouse support and copy/paste, so any edits are long hand and I cannot even try the generic PV grub.conf they provide because I can't type it all. I mean I can, but that may not work either. I would copy the error, but again, i am not able to copy from VNC as I have no mouse. So yeah, I am trying to figure out is hvm Arch domu possible and if so, what am I missing. And second, is this my best solution or an I wasting time and instead should go with xbmcubuntu and be done? I know I managed a windows HVM and a pfsense one as well, so what am I missing with Arch that is causing me such pains?
April 9, 201412 yr I assume this is possible, and maybe I am just missing something or going about it all wrong, but this is what I want. Essentially I want to install xbmc with a soundcard pass-through for the purpose of being an audio player only. With Yatse, it seems I have enough control to be happy with what i need/want. OpenELEC does not appear possible because of the kernel limitations, so this leaves fewer choices. In this case, I was trying with Arch, but every time I get through the install I cant seem to get grub to function so the system wont boot. The config is basic, pulled from the arch wiki: name = 'ArchU_XBMC' builder = 'hvm' memory = 512 vcpus = 1 bootloader = "pygrub" #disk = ['file:/home/arch.iso,hdc:cdrom,r','phy:/dev/mapper/vg_xen-lv_archxbmc,xvda,w'] disk = [ 'phy:/dev/mapper/vg_xen-lv_archxbmc,xvda,w', 'file:/home/archlinux-2014.04.01-dual.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:05,bridge=xenbr0' ] boot='d' vnc = 1 vnclisten = '0.0.0.0' vncdisplay = 3 usb = '1' usbdevice = 'tablet' pci = [ '04:00.0' ] The one thing I hate is the lack of mouse support and copy/paste, so any edits are long hand and I cannot even try the generic PV grub.conf they provide because I can't type it all. I mean I can, but that may not work either. I would copy the error, but again, i am not able to copy from VNC as I have no mouse. So yeah, I am trying to figure out is hvm Arch domu possible and if so, what am I missing. And second, is this my best solution or an I wasting time and instead should go with xbmcubuntu and be done? I know I managed a windows HVM and a pfsense one as well, so what am I missing with Arch that is causing me such pains? As usual with Arch, there's an excellent Wiki post. I couldn't anything it doesn't say... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xen#Configuring_a_hardware_virtualized_.28HVM.29_Arch_domU
April 9, 201412 yr Author Yeah, that's where I got the config from, but now I am stuck Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
April 9, 201412 yr Why not SSH into VM for system management? I found PUTTY has a (default?) line limitation. I workstation is Linux (Ubuntu/Mint) and I found it's better to SSH in directly from the built-in Terminal. Window resizing works well and copy/paste is not a problem. If you are on a Windows remote client maybe there's a better terminal or PUTTY can be configured for longer lines. I don't have any experience with HW pass-through in this architecture to see exactly what you're up against. Good luck with the project!
April 9, 201412 yr Author I can't get to SSH because it is still the install process and hvm doesn't have a console to work in...
April 10, 201412 yr You install it as a PV then convert after I believe... Or you could try enabling VNC in the cfg and connecting to the console that way. Yes that's probably more likely. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
April 10, 201412 yr Author You install it as a PV then convert after I believe... Or you could try enabling VNC in the cfg and connecting to the console that way. Yes that's probably more likely. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Yeah, vnc is what I was doing, the issue was simply that you have no mouse or copy and paste ability... Regardless, I found my solution. I needed to add --force to my command: grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force /dev/xvda I noted it in a bit more detail here. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=179744
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