<![CDATA[AlmaLinux Guest Tools]]>I am trying the new AlmaLinux OS based off of CentOS 8. AlmaLinux OS is a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL® 8. I installed the required guest rpms, but AlmaLinux OS isn't recognized by the installer, so the required /var/cache/xe-linux-distribution file is not generated.

Can I manually add that distribution file? If so, not sure how to do it.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/4593/almalinux-guest-toolsRSS for NodeSat, 16 May 2026 05:11:58 GMTThu, 13 May 2021 16:34:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to AlmaLinux Guest Tools on Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:05:34 GMT]]>FYI and for what it's worth - In my experience as of Jan 2025, the process aligns with RHEL and appears to have no issues.

From a fresh install of Alma 9.5:

  • sudo dnf install epel-release
  • sudo dnf install xe-guest-utilities-latest
  • sudo systemctl enable --now xe-inux-distribution

graphs and other Xen Orchestra behaviours work as expected.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/88864https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/88864Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:05:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AlmaLinux Guest Tools on Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:31:15 GMT]]>Distro logo is another story and unrelated to the initial question (logo display is purely an XO thing)

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/88857https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/88857Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:31:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AlmaLinux Guest Tools on Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:18:04 GMT]]>@tony after some years, i had the same issue and i did the same thing. Still the logo is not appearing on XO interface.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/88853https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/88853Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:18:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AlmaLinux Guest Tools on Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:52:54 GMT]]>Using this command to install from the old guest tools ISO worked fine

./install.sh -d rhel -m 8

the file version is xe-guest-utilities-latest-7.16.0-2.el8.x86_64, the distro logo is not showing though.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/41330https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/41330Sat, 31 Jul 2021 16:52:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AlmaLinux Guest Tools on Tue, 27 Jul 2021 05:45:29 GMT]]>I tried installing via epel-release repository, the install went fine but the service doesn't start properly. The version is xe-guest-utilities-latest-7.21.0-1.el8.x86_64 installed via dnf.

Jul 27 12:05:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting Linux Guest Agent...
Jul 27 12:05:03 localhost.localdomain sysctl[52086]: net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_notify = 1
Jul 27 12:05:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: xe-linux-distribution.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jul 27 12:05:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: xe-linux-distribution.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 27 12:05:03 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Linux Guest Agent.
]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/41160https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/41160Tue, 27 Jul 2021 05:45:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to AlmaLinux Guest Tools on Thu, 13 May 2021 16:52:03 GMT]]>@michael2z I just noticed the thread about new a guest tools iso. I'll give that a try and post my results there

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/39489https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/39489Thu, 13 May 2021 16:52:03 GMT