[Libguestfs] Help needed

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Fri Sep 24 19:20:06 UTC 2021 

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 04:46:48PM +0000, Demmoy Lewis wrote:
> I am running on the SANS Sift workstation. Ubuntu 20.04

$ sudo virt-filesystems -a 2021-09-10T021040_XXXXXXXX.vhdx 
libguestfs: error: appliance closed the connection unexpectedly.
This usually means the libguestfs appliance crashed.
Do:
  export LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1 LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1
and run the command again.  For further information, read:
  http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#debugging-libguestfs
You can also run 'libguestfs-test-tool' and post the *complete* output
into a bug report or message to the libguestfs mailing list.
libguestfs: error: guestfs_launch failed.
This usually means the libguestfs appliance failed to start or crashed.
Do:
  export LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1 LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1
and run the command again.  For further information, read:
  http://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#debugging-libguestfs
You can also run 'libguestfs-test-tool' and post the *complete* output
into a bug report or message to the libguestfs mailing list.

sansforensics at siftworkstation: ~/Desktop/cases/SIR0010048
$ libguestfs-test-tool
     ************************************************************
     *                    IMPORTANT NOTICE
     *
     * When reporting bugs, include the COMPLETE, UNEDITED
     * output below in your bug report.
     *
     ************************************************************
libguestfs: trace: set_verbose true
libguestfs: trace: set_verbose = 0
libguestfs: trace: set_verbose true
libguestfs: trace: set_verbose = 0
LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1
LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/opt/rekall/bin
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
SELinux: sh: 1: getenforce: not found
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_scratch 104857600
libguestfs: trace: get_tmpdir
libguestfs: trace: get_tmpdir = "/tmp"
libguestfs: trace: disk_create "/tmp/libguestfs4xhCaU/scratch1.img" "raw" 104857600
libguestfs: trace: disk_create = 0
libguestfs: trace: add_drive "/tmp/libguestfs4xhCaU/scratch1.img" "format:raw" "cachemode:unsafe"
libguestfs: trace: add_drive = 0
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_scratch = 0
libguestfs: trace: get_append
libguestfs: trace: get_append = "NULL"
guestfs_get_append: (null)
libguestfs: trace: get_autosync
libguestfs: trace: get_autosync = 1
guestfs_get_autosync: 1
libguestfs: trace: get_backend
libguestfs: trace: get_backend = "direct"
guestfs_get_backend: direct
libguestfs: trace: get_backend_settings
libguestfs: trace: get_backend_settings = []
guestfs_get_backend_settings: []
libguestfs: trace: get_cachedir
libguestfs: trace: get_cachedir = "/var/tmp"
guestfs_get_cachedir: /var/tmp
libguestfs: trace: get_hv
libguestfs: trace: get_hv = "/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"
guestfs_get_hv: /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
libguestfs: trace: get_memsize
libguestfs: trace: get_memsize = 768
guestfs_get_memsize: 768
libguestfs: trace: get_network
libguestfs: trace: get_network = 0
guestfs_get_network: 0
libguestfs: trace: get_path
libguestfs: trace: get_path = "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs"
guestfs_get_path: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs
libguestfs: trace: get_pgroup
libguestfs: trace: get_pgroup = 0
guestfs_get_pgroup: 0
libguestfs: trace: get_program
libguestfs: trace: get_program = "libguestfs-test-tool"
guestfs_get_program: libguestfs-test-tool
libguestfs: trace: get_recovery_proc
libguestfs: trace: get_recovery_proc = 1
guestfs_get_recovery_proc: 1
libguestfs: trace: get_smp
libguestfs: trace: get_smp = 1
guestfs_get_smp: 1
libguestfs: trace: get_sockdir
libguestfs: trace: get_sockdir = "/run/user/1000"
guestfs_get_sockdir: /run/user/1000
libguestfs: trace: get_tmpdir
libguestfs: trace: get_tmpdir = "/tmp"
guestfs_get_tmpdir: /tmp
libguestfs: trace: get_trace
libguestfs: trace: get_trace = 1
guestfs_get_trace: 1
libguestfs: trace: get_verbose
libguestfs: trace: get_verbose = 1
guestfs_get_verbose: 1
host_cpu: x86_64
Launching appliance, timeout set to 600 seconds.
libguestfs: trace: launch
libguestfs: trace: max_disks
libguestfs: trace: max_disks = 255
libguestfs: trace: version
libguestfs: trace: version = <struct guestfs_version = major: 1, minor: 40, release: 2, extra: , >
libguestfs: trace: get_backend
libguestfs: trace: get_backend = "direct"
libguestfs: launch: program=libguestfs-test-tool
libguestfs: launch: version=1.40.2
libguestfs: launch: backend registered: unix
libguestfs: launch: backend registered: uml
libguestfs: launch: backend registered: libvirt
libguestfs: launch: backend registered: direct
libguestfs: launch: backend=direct
libguestfs: launch: tmpdir=/tmp/libguestfs4xhCaU
libguestfs: launch: umask=0002
libguestfs: launch: euid=1000
libguestfs: trace: get_cachedir
libguestfs: trace: get_cachedir = "/var/tmp"
libguestfs: begin building supermin appliance
libguestfs: run supermin
libguestfs: command: run: /usr/bin/supermin
libguestfs: command: run: \ --build
libguestfs: command: run: \ --verbose
libguestfs: command: run: \ --if-newer
libguestfs: command: run: \ --lock /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock
libguestfs: command: run: \ --copy-kernel
libguestfs: command: run: \ -f ext2
libguestfs: command: run: \ --host-cpu x86_64
libguestfs: command: run: \ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d
libguestfs: command: run: \ -o /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/appliance.d
supermin: version: 5.1.20
supermin: package handler: debian/dpkg
supermin: acquiring lock on /var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/lock
supermin: build: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d
supermin: reading the supermin appliance
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles type uncompressed excludefiles
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles type uncompressed hostfiles
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages type uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-hfsplus type uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-reiserfs type uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/packages-xfs type uncompressed packages
supermin: build: visiting /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz type gzip base image (tar)
supermin: mapping package names to installed packages
supermin: resolving full list of package dependencies
supermin: build: 232 packages, including dependencies
supermin: build: 9366 files
supermin: build: 6045 files, after matching excludefiles
supermin: build: 6048 files, after adding hostfiles
supermin: build: 6045 files, after removing unreadable files
supermin: build: 6051 files, after munging
supermin: kernel: looking for kernel using environment variables ...
supermin: kernel: looking for kernels in /lib/modules/*/vmlinuz ...
supermin: kernel: looking for kernels in /boot ...
supermin: kernel: kernel version of /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-77-generic = 5.4.0-77-generic (from filename)
supermin: kernel: picked modules path /lib/modules/5.4.0-77-generic
supermin: kernel: picked vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-77-generic
supermin: kernel: kernel_version 5.4.0-77-generic
supermin: kernel: modpath /lib/modules/5.4.0-77-generic
cp: cannot open '/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-77-generic' for reading: Permission denied
supermin: cp -p '/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-77-generic' '/var/tmp/.guestfs-1000/appliance.d.hp6uqnv6/kernel': command failed, see earlier errors
libguestfs: error: /usr/bin/supermin exited with error status 1, see debug messages above
libguestfs: trace: launch = -1 (error)
libguestfs: trace: close
libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x557e15fa0040 (state 0)
libguestfs: command: run: rm
libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfs4xhCaU


There are two different issues here.  The second one is a FAQ:

https://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759725

The first one is something else, but you will need to add the -v -x
flags to find out.  You might want to read this section in full:

https://libguestfs.org/guestfs-faq.1.html#debugging-libguestfs

Rich.

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