[libvirt-users] Unable to start LXC on Gentoo w/ libvirt 1.0.4 or 1.0.5. 1.0.3 works

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 09:06:36AM -0500, Dennis Jenkins wrote:
> The log is large to place inline in an email (32K), so I posted it (no
> expiration) to pastebin.  But below are the juicy bits.  If you want the
> entire log in the email, I will resend it.
> 
> http://pastebin.com/nXcNQukz
> 
> 2013-05-14 14:01:25.265+0000: 1: debug : lxcContainerMountBasicFS:712 :
> Mount sysfs on /sys type=sysfs flags=1021, opts=(null)
> 2013-05-14 14:01:25.265+0000: 1: debug : lxcContainerMountBasicFS:736 :
> Mount devfs on /dev type=tmpfs flags=2, opts=mode=755,size=65536
> 2013-05-14 14:01:25.265+0000: 1: debug : lxcContainerMountBasicFS:748 : rc=0
> 
> 2013-05-14 14:01:25.265+0000: 1: debug : virFileMakePathHelper:1274 :
> path=/dev/pts mode=0777
> 2013-05-14 14:01:25.265+0000: 1: debug : virFileMakePathHelper:1274 :
> path=/dev mode=0777
> 2013-05-14 14:01:25.265+0000: 1: debug : lxcContainerMountFSDevPTS:802 :
> Trying to move /.oldroot//var/run/libvirt/lxc/dwj-lnx-dev.devpts to /dev/pts
> 2013-05-14 14:01:25.265+0000: 1: error : lxcContainerMountFSDevPTS:808 :
> Failed to mount /.oldroot//var/run/libvirt/lxc/dwj-lnx-dev.devpts on
> /dev/pts: No such file or directory

Hmm, so from the logs I'm fairly certain the missing path is the
/.oldroot//var/run/libvirt/lxc/dwj-lnx-dev.devpts one, not /dev/pts

Can you tell me if any part of '/var/run/libvirt/lxc/' is a symlink
to elsewhere ?  In particular is '/var/run'  a symlink, and if so
is it relative or absolute ?


Daniel
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