Running a CentOS VM throws errors

[lockmac]

Hi guys.
A software company we are in talks with have sent us a VM to try there software.
It is a CentOS and I know next to nothing about this OS.

When I try to boot the VM, I get to the login screen and enter the details.
I then get a screen saying the following:

"Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation problem or that you may be out of diskspace...."

Details:

/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running : /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0....................

stty: standard input: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

(gnome-session:5820): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

This is all that is said. I am running VMWare Player on Windows 7.

Any ideas?

 

[Nothinman]

The first question would be, is it something that you have to log into the console to check out? If it's something that's web or console based you can still connect via ssh or a browser as long as you know the IP address.

It sounds like X is working, it's just that whatever desktop it's trying to start fails after you login. You might be able to get by just by selecting a different session from the login screen.

 

[lockmac]

Hi.
I have tryed running it with the session Gnome and Failsafe terminal and I get the same.
I am really not sure about what is running on this as it was given to us by another company.

Is it possible that these errors can be caused by the PC I am using? Should I try another PC?

 

[Nothinman]

Hi.
I have tryed running it with the session Gnome and Failsafe terminal and I get the same.
I am really not sure about what is running on this as it was given to us by another company.

Is it possible that these errors can be caused by the PC I am using? Should I try another PC?

But if they gave it to you in order to demo something didn't they tell you how to get to it once you had the VM up?

I also just noticed that the first Xlib error says :1.0 when the first X server is generally :0.0 or just :0. If they gave you the root password you might be able to get into gdmsetup and see how the X server(s) is/are configured.

Also if you hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 that should get you to a text login prompt. After you login as root you could look at some logs like /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or maybe .1.log since it mentions :1.0 above) and the .xsession-errors file in the user's home directory.

I'm sure whatever's busted probably isn't a big deal to fix, but if they gave it to you in this condition that's not very confidence inspiring. I would get back in touch with them and see if they can fix it via WebEx or something. Most places are more than willing to get an engineer on with you if they think it'll push a sale through.

 

[theevilsharpie]

It looks like whatever paravirtualization utilities are installed aren't compatible with the virtualization software on your host machine.

Try to find out what product and version the software company built their VM with (e.g. VMware Workstation, Microsoft VirtualPC, etc), and use the same virtualization package on your host. If that's not possible, you might be able to reconfigure X with some failsafe settings.

 

[lockmac]

It looks like whatever paravirtualization utilities are installed aren't compatible with the virtualization software on your host machine.

Try to find out what product and version the software company built their VM with (e.g. VMware Workstation, Microsoft VirtualPC, etc), and use the same virtualization package on your host. If that's not possible, you might be able to reconfigure X with some failsafe settings.

I dont think this is the issue as I am using the software they provided. I've shot them off an email as I really have no idea about CentOS.

 

[Nothinman]

I dont think this is the issue as I am using the software they provided. I've shot them off an email as I really have no idea about CentOS.

I don't think so either since GDM is starting that means X is working either with the VMware or framebuffer driver.

 

[sourceninja]

If it is for a demo, I wouldn't even try to troubleshoot it. Then want my business, they will figure it out ;-)