[libvirt] can't install fedora guest

[Guido Günther]

On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 04:48:09PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:27:47PM +0100, Guido G?nther wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 10:33:51AM +0100, Farkas Levente wrote:
> > >     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
> > > conn=self)
> > > libvirtError: internal error unable to start guest:
> > I'm currently working around this with:
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
> > index 09f69bf..b2f2b47 100644
> > --- a/src/qemu_driver.c
> > +++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
> > @@ -674,8 +674,6 @@ qemudReadMonitorOutput(virConnectPtr conn,
> >                                   _("Failure while reading %s startup output"), what);
> >                  return -1;
> >              }
> > -        } else if (ret == 0) {
> > -            return 0;
> >          } else {
> >              got += ret;
> >              buf[got] = '\0';
> > 
> > Didn't find the time to debug this properly yet.
> 
> That will cause libvirtd to spin 100% cpu forever, if a guest fails
> to start up. eg disk to mis-configured disk
Yes, I know. This was really just meant as a  quick workaround to be
able to start up vms at all until I (or somebody else) gets around to
have another look.
 -- Guido