[libvirt] Libvir on Hardy: file a bug or not?

Pau Garcia i Quiles pgquiles at elpauer.org
Tue Jul 29 09:43:31 UTC 2008


Quoting "Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y)"  
<mihamina.rakotomandimby at etu.univ-orleans.fr>:

I cannot help you with your problem but in case you want to try the  
latest and greatest libvirt, there are 0.4.4 packages available in my  
PPA: http://launchpad.net/~pgquiles/+archive (UNOFFICIAL AND  
UNSUPPORTED)

> Hi,
> I am using Ubuntu Hardy up to date.
>
> When defining a domain with:
> <domain type='kvm' id='1'>
>   <name>xp</name>
>   <uuid>dd4618e5-1c48-a481-0671-d75f38f59037</uuid>
>   <memory>524288</memory>
>   <currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
>   <vcpu>1</vcpu>
>   <os>
>     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
>     <boot dev='hd'/>
>   </os>
>   <clock offset='localtime'/>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
>   <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
>     <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>       <source file='/home/mihamina/xpjohnny.iso'/>
>       <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>     </disk>
>     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>       <source file='/home/mihamina/xp.img'/>
>       <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>     </disk>
>     <interface type='bridge'>
>       <mac address='00:16:3e:1e:b2:22'/>
>       <source bridge='br0'/>
>       <target dev='vnet1'/>
>     </interface>
>     <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
>     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>     <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' listen='127.0.0.1'/>
>   </devices>
> </domain>
>
> I get:
>
>  virsh # start xp
>  libvir: QEMU error : QEMU quit during console startup
>  qemu: unknowm parameter 'boot' in
> 'file=/home/mihamina/xp.img,if=ide,boot=on'
>  error: Failed to start domain xp
>
> If I change the domain type with "qemu", I have no error (and the
> virtual machine starts without any problem.
>
> This is my installed things:
>
> $ dpkg -l | awk '/(virt|qemu|kvm)/{print $2,$3}'
> kvm 1:62+dfsg-0ubuntu8
> libvirt-bin 0.4.0-2ubuntu8
> libvirt0 0.4.0-2ubuntu8
> python-libvirt 0.4.0-2ubuntu8
> python-virtinst 0.300.2-0ubuntu6
> python-virtkey 0.50ubuntu0.1
> qemu 0.9.1-1ubuntu1
> virt-manager 0.5.3-0ubuntu10
> virt-viewer 0.0.2-1ubuntu1
>
> Is it an upstream bug or a distribution bug?
> Who is supposed to be noticed? The packager or the upstream (where please)?
>
> PS: I wrote because I saw
> http://www.mail-archive.com/libvir-list@redhat.com/msg06109.html
>
>
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Pau Garcia i Quiles
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