[libvirt-users] lxc errors on 0.9.7

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 09:06:01AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 02:53:41PM -0800, Chris Haumesser wrote:
> > I'm testing 0.9.7 now with lxc, and get the following error when trying
> > to start a container:
> > 
> > 2011-12-07 22:49:26.293: 1997: error : lxcControllerRun:1158 :
> > unsupported configuration: Expected exactly one TTY fd
> > 
> > My configuration is very simply:
> > 
> > <domain type='lxc'>
> >   <name>hw</name>
> >   <uuid>38320e75-1ba0-d85a-6138-532a3a66f13d</uuid>
> >   <memory>102400</memory>
> >   <currentMemory>102400</currentMemory>
> >   <vcpu>1</vcpu>
> >   <os>
> >     <type arch='x86_64'>exe</type>
> >     <init>/bin/bash</init>
> >   </os>
> >   <clock offset='utc'/>
> >   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
> >   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
> >   <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
> >   <devices>
> >     <emulator>/usr/lib/libvirt/libvirt_lxc</emulator>
> >     <console type='pty'>
> >       <target type='lxc' port='0'/>
> >     </console>
> >   </devices>
> > </domain>
> > 
> > If I try to add any different type of console, I get an error that only
> > pty consoles are supported.
> 
> Nothing, only type='pty' is supported for consoles in LXC. The other
> console types like tcp, udp, fifo, etc are only supported by QEMU

Actually it is a stupid mistake on my part, which affects LXC
guests which do not have any <filesystem> element. The patch
is here:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-December/msg00409.html


Daniel
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