[BlueOnyx:20173] Re: New VPS on Aventurine

[Colin Jack]

Hi Michael,

> > I have installed a new 5802R VPS on an Aventurine box.   The problem is
> > that when I go to the new VPS, I get the login prompt (user name &
> > password) and not the setup wizard.

I have just created a new VPS using ploop and I am having the same problem - get login rather than the wizard.
Created a VPS using simfs earlier and that was fine.
 
> There is currently a problem with the latest OpenVZ kernel on Aventurin{e}
> 6106R, which is this one:
> 
> ]# uname -a
> Linux XXXX 2.6.32-042stab113.11
> 
> VPS's with the "simfs" filesystem have no working disk quota if that kernels is
> used on the master node. Without working disk quota in the VPS the admin
> account won't get created on first VPS start of a fresh VPS. And existing VPS's
> will have issues creating Vsites and Users. :-/
> 
> The last "good" kernel is 2.6.32-042stab112.15. 

I am using a newer kernel:  2.6.32-042stab116.1

Now the OpenVZ YUM
> repository layout makes it a bit difficult to rollback kernels. But here is what you
> can do until a better fix is out:
> 
> On the master node run this command:
> 
> yum install vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab112.15
> 
> That will install the "good" 2.6.32-042stab112.15 kernel out of the "Aventurin"
> yum repository.
> 
> Then check /boot/grub/grub.conf. The 2.6.32-042stab112.15 should be the first
> entry among the listed kernels.
> 
> And "default=0" should be set as one of the first lines somewhere below the
> initial comments. If that is the case: Reboot the node.
> 
> After the reboot check again with "uname -a" to make sure that
> 2.6.32-042stab112.15 is now the active kernel. And then disk quota for VPS's
> should work again correctly.
> 
> I posted about this issue on the OpenVZ mailing list yesterday and am waiting
> for a fix. The problem seems to be a regression error in
> fs/namespace.c:show_vfsmnt() where they changed "/dev/simfs" to simply
> "simfs" - which doesn't work.

This sounds like it could end badly! :)

Thanks

Colin