Ah, that looks like teh problem right there:
xsd_kva
which is something my /dev does not have.

Thanks for the speedy reply :)

--
Kimi

On 22/07/06, Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 07:47:45PM +0100, Kimi Ostro wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > does anyone know what causes the following:
> > xenbackendd: Failed to contact xenstore (Connection refused).  Is it
> > running?
> >
> > xenstore is not running even though I have the (I think) appropriate
> > lines in my rc.conf:
> >
> > xend=YES
> > xenbackendd=YES
> > #xendomains=""
> >
> > Under the top command I can only see python2.3 twice, nothing else
> > related to xen.
> >
> > If I enter xm list on the shell prompt I get:
> >
> > Error: Error connecting to xend: No such file or directory.  Is xend
> > running?
>
> Probably not. It may be because you're missing some devices in /dev
> (update MAKEDEV and rerun MAKEDEV xen, you should have a /dev/xsd_kva),
> or some other issues. Anything interesting in /var/log/xen* ?
>
> --
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
>      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
> --
>


-- 
Kimi