Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-10 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: found -1 4.6.1-1 Control: tag -1 + pending Hi, Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > the file ./etc/xen-tools.conf of the source package, which will be > installed at /etc/xen-tools.conf, contains a default value of 128M > for the size of memory. > > This is no longer sufficient for current kernel

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Thorsten, Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Axel Beckert wrote: > >>Also, I conjecture that Thorsten's initramfs's may be much larger than > >>Axel's. > > > >Ah, including initramfs. Ok, with the generic (and not hw-specific) > >initramfs, 128 MB might indeed be too little. > > I

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Thorsten Alteholz writes ("Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values"): > On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I looked at the the installation manual and it says 112Mb for the > > installler. That's unchanged from jessie and probab

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Thorsten Alteholz
On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Axel Beckert wrote: Also, I conjecture that Thorsten's initramfs's may be much larger than Axel's. Ah, including initramfs. Ok, with the generic (and not hw-specific) initramfs, 128 MB might indeed be too little. I created an image with just the default parameters and wa

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Thorsten Alteholz
On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Ian Jackson wrote: I looked at the the installation manual and it says 112Mb for the installler. That's unchanged from jessie and probably hasn't been updated for stretch. Thorsten, if that figure is wrong, you may want to file a bug against the manual. The code has a de

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Axel Beckert writes ("Re: Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values"): > Ian Jackson wrote: > > I don't object to that lower value. There is certainly a strong > > argument for being conservative at this stage of the Debian release. >

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Ian, Ian Jackson wrote: > Axel Beckert writes ("Re: Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file > contains bad values"): > > Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > > > This is no longer sufficient for current kernels in Stretch and > > > should be increased.

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Axel Beckert writes ("Re: Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values"): > Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > > This is no longer sufficient for current kernels in Stretch and > > should be increased. > > WTF? I still have VMs (running Wheezy)

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > the file ./etc/xen-tools.conf of the source package, which will be > installed at /etc/xen-tools.conf, contains a default value of 128M > for the size of memory. Sounds sane to me. > This is no longer sufficient for current kernels in Stretch and > should be increa

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Control: tags -1 patch Control: retitle -1 default config has too-low default memory size Thorsten Alteholz writes ("Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values"): > the file ./etc/xen-tools.conf of the source package, which will be > installed at /et

Bug#849867: xen-create-image: default config file contains bad values

2017-01-01 Thread Thorsten Alteholz
Package: xen-tools Version: 4.6.2 Severity: normal Hi Axel, the file ./etc/xen-tools.conf of the source package, which will be installed at /etc/xen-tools.conf, contains a default value of 128M for the size of memory. This is no longer sufficient for current kernels in Stretch and should be