Package: xen-utils-common Version: 4.0.0-1 Severity: normal I am also struggling with this. I got farther by creating a .sxp file (xmexample.hvm.cfg is from /usr/share/doc/xen-utils-common/examples):
# xm create -n -f xmexample.hvm.cfg | tail -n +2 > xmexample.hvm.sxp (why xm create -n mixes diagnostics with the output of -n on stdout, I do not know) and then specifying it on the command line: # xm create -f xmexample.hvm.cfg -F xmexample.hvm.sxp Error: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found It looks like options that don't have defaults are missing from the domain config file, and the example files in /usr/share/doc/xen-utils-common/examples give incorrect info about which options have defaults and which are mandatory. The error messages are generic python errors and don't even identify the source file and line where the error occurs, much less what option is missing. This makes it very difficult and frustrating for someone new to xen to get a working config file. If someone who knows xen (perhaps one of the xen maintainers?) would take the xmexample.hvm.cfg file and modify it so that it works with xen 4.0 and post it to this bug report, it would help some of us immensely. Also, if someone knowledgeable would comment on whether creating the .sxp file is supposed to be required, I would appreciate it. ...Marvin -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages xen-utils-common depends on: ii gawk 1:3.1.7.dfsg-5 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and pr ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii udev 158-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo ii xenstore-utils 4.0.1~rc3-1 Xenstore utilities for Xen xen-utils-common recommends no packages. xen-utils-common suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
