[virt-tools-list] Getting a segfault when trying to install SCO V on EL6.5 (worked before)

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Wed Oct 15 07:42:16 UTC 2014


Very likely has to do with the 'kvm not available' bit, but of course it
shouldn't segfault in that case.

Anything interesting in 'dmesg | grep -i kvm' ?

- Cole

On 10/15/2014 07:49 AM, Digimer wrote:
> Side note;
> 
> I upgraded to RHEL 6.6 today and got the same segfault.
> 
> digimer
> 
> On 14/10/14 04:39 PM, Digimer wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>    I've installed SCO V a few times before on EL6.5 (both CentOS and
>> RHEL proper). Today though, on CentOS 6.5, I've getting a segfault
>> error. I was hoping someone here might have some insight. It's worth
>> nothing that I successfully installed a CentOS 6.5 VM immediately after
>> without issue. I also tried installing SCO on both nodes of a 2-node
>> cluster, identically configured, and got a segfault on both machines.
>>
>>    I'm wondering if this is related:
>>
>> ====
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 WARNING  KVM acceleration not available, using
>> 'qemu'
>> ====
>>
>>    As the virtualization extensions are enabled in the BIOS (emphasis
>> mine):
>>
>> ====
>> # egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
>> flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
>> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall
>> nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good
>> xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl
>> **vmx** smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic
>> popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm ida arat epb
>> xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep
>> erms
>> ====
>>
>> Provision call:
>>
>> ====
>> virt-install --connect qemu:///system \
>>    --name vm01-sco5 \
>>    --virt-type qemu \
>>    --ram 4096 \
>>    --arch i686 \
>>    --vcpus 2 \
>>    --cdrom '/shared/files/Base_OS_Installation.iso' \
>>    --os-variant generic \
>>    --video vga \
>>    --network bridge=vbr2,model=pcnet \
>>    --disk path=/dev/fea-c01n01_vg0/vm01-sco5_0,bus=ide \
>>    --graphics vnc --debug
>> ====
>>
>> Shell output:
>>
>> ====
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Launched with command line:
>> /usr/sbin/virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name vm01-sco5
>> --virt-type qemu --ram 4096 --arch i686 --vcpus 2 --cdrom
>> /shared/files/Base_OS_Installation.iso --os-variant generic --video vga
>> --network bridge=vbr2,model=pcnet --disk
>> path=/dev/fea-c01n01_vg0/vm01-sco5_0,bus=ide --graphics vnc --debug
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Requesting libvirt URI qemu:///system
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Received libvirt URI qemu:///system
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Requesting virt method 'default', hv
>> type 'qemu'.
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 WARNING  KVM acceleration not available, using
>> 'qemu'
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Received virt method 'hvm'
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Hypervisor name is 'qemu'
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Setting os type to 'other' for
>> variant 'generic'
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    DistroInstaller location is a local
>> file/path: /shared/files/Base_OS_Installation.iso
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Guest.has_install_phase: True
>>
>> Starting install...
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Generated install XML:
>> <domain type='qemu'>
>>    <name>vm01-sco5</name>
>>    <uuid>97eab5ff-5631-f733-93c5-975673b42b34</uuid>
>>    <memory>4194304</memory>
>>    <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
>>    <vcpu>2</vcpu>
>>    <os>
>>      <type arch='i686'>hvm</type>
>>      <boot dev='cdrom'/>
>>      <boot dev='hd'/>
>>    </os>
>>    <features>
>>      <acpi/><apic/><pae/>
>>    </features>
>>    <clock offset="utc"/>
>>    <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>>    <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
>>    <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
>>    <devices>
>>      <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>>      <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>>        <driver name='qemu' cache='none' io='native'/>
>>        <source dev='/dev/fea-c01n01_vg0/vm01-sco5_0'/>
>>        <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>>      </disk>
>>      <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
>>        <driver name='qemu'/>
>>        <source file='/shared/files/Base_OS_Installation.iso'/>
>>        <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>>        <readonly/>
>>      </disk>
>>      <interface type='bridge'>
>>        <source bridge='vbr2'/>
>>        <mac address='52:54:00:dc:39:71'/>
>>        <model type='pcnet'/>
>>      </interface>
>>      <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>>      <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/>
>>      <console type='pty'/>
>>      <video>
>>        <model type='vga'/>
>>      </video>
>>    </devices>
>> </domain>
>>
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:58 DEBUG    Generated boot XML:
>> <domain type='qemu'>
>>    <name>vm01-sco5</name>
>>    <uuid>97eab5ff-5631-f733-93c5-975673b42b34</uuid>
>>    <memory>4194304</memory>
>>    <currentMemory>4194304</currentMemory>
>>    <vcpu>2</vcpu>
>>    <os>
>>      <type arch='i686'>hvm</type>
>>      <boot dev='hd'/>
>>    </os>
>>    <features>
>>      <acpi/><apic/><pae/>
>>    </features>
>>    <clock offset="utc"/>
>>    <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>>    <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>>    <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>>    <devices>
>>      <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>>      <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>>        <driver name='qemu' cache='none' io='native'/>
>>        <source dev='/dev/fea-c01n01_vg0/vm01-sco5_0'/>
>>        <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>>      </disk>
>>      <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
>>        <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>>        <readonly/>
>>      </disk>
>>      <interface type='bridge'>
>>        <source bridge='vbr2'/>
>>        <mac address='52:54:00:dc:39:71'/>
>>        <model type='pcnet'/>
>>      </interface>
>>      <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>>      <graphics type='vnc' port='-1'/>
>>      <console type='pty'/>
>>      <video>
>>        <model type='vga'/>
>>      </video>
>>    </devices>
>> </domain>
>>
>> Creating domain...                |    0 B     00:00
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:59 DEBUG    Started guest, connecting to console
>> if requested
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:59 DEBUG    Launching virt-viewer for graphics
>> type 'vnc'
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:59 DEBUG    Running: /usr/bin/virt-viewer
>> --connect qemu:///system --wait 2
>> Cannot open display:
>> Run 'virt-viewer --help' to see a full list of available command line
>> options
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:29:59 DEBUG    XML fetched from libvirt object:
>> <domain type='qemu'>
>>    <name>vm01-sco5</name>
>>    <uuid>97eab5ff-5631-f733-93c5-975673b42b34</uuid>
>>    <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>
>>    <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>
>>    <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>
>>    <os>
>>      <type arch='i686' machine='rhel6.5.0'>hvm</type>
>>      <boot dev='hd'/>
>>    </os>
>>    <features>
>>      <acpi/>
>>      <apic/>
>>      <pae/>
>>    </features>
>>    <clock offset='utc'/>
>>    <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>>    <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>>    <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>>    <devices>
>>      <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
>>      <disk type='block' device='disk'>
>>        <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
>>        <source dev='/dev/fea-c01n01_vg0/vm01-sco5_0'/>
>>        <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
>>        <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
>>      </disk>
>>      <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
>>        <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>>        <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>>        <readonly/>
>>        <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
>>      </disk>
>>      <controller type='usb' index='0'>
>>        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
>> function='0x2'/>
>>      </controller>
>>      <controller type='ide' index='0'>
>>        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
>> function='0x1'/>
>>      </controller>
>>      <interface type='bridge'>
>>        <mac address='52:54:00:dc:39:71'/>
>>        <source bridge='vbr2'/>
>>        <model type='pcnet'/>
>>        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03'
>> function='0x0'/>
>>      </interface>
>>      <serial type='pty'>
>>        <target port='0'/>
>>      </serial>
>>      <console type='pty'>
>>        <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>>      </console>
>>      <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>>      <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/>
>>      <video>
>>        <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
>>        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02'
>> function='0x0'/>
>>      </video>
>>      <memballoon model='virtio'>
>>        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
>> function='0x0'/>
>>      </memballoon>
>>    </devices>
>> </domain>
>>
>> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:30:00 DEBUG    Domain installation does not appear
>> to have been successful.
>> If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
>>    virsh --connect qemu:///system start vm01-sco5
>> otherwise, please restart your installation.
>> Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
>> If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
>>    virsh --connect qemu:///system start vm01-sco5
>> otherwise, please restart your installation.
>> ====
>>
>> Syslog:
>>
>> ====
>> Oct 14 16:29:58 fea-c01n01 kernel: device vnet0 entered promiscuous mode
>> Oct 14 16:29:58 fea-c01n01 kernel: vbr2: port 2(vnet0) entering
>> forwarding state
>> Oct 14 16:29:59 fea-c01n01 kernel: qemu-kvm[11592]: segfault at 0 ip
>> 00007f6ebd5d7648 sp 00007fff40f690b0 error 4 in
>> qemu-kvm[7f6ebd485000+2c2000]
>> Oct 14 16:29:59 fea-c01n01 abrt[11616]: Can't read /proc/11592/exe link
>> Oct 14 16:29:59 fea-c01n01 kernel: vbr2: port 2(vnet0) entering disabled
>> state
>> Oct 14 16:29:59 fea-c01n01 kernel: device vnet0 left promiscuous mode
>> Oct 14 16:29:59 fea-c01n01 kernel: vbr2: port 2(vnet0) entering disabled
>> state
>> ====
>>
>> Versions:
>>
>> ====
>> # uname -r
>> 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64
>>
>> gpxe-roms-qemu.noarch        0.9.7-6.10.el6              @base
>> libvirt.x86_64               0.10.2-29.el6_5.12          @updates
>> libvirt-client.x86_64        0.10.2-29.el6_5.12          @updates
>> libvirt-python.x86_64        0.10.2-29.el6_5.12          @updates
>> python-virtinst.noarch       0.600.0-18.el6              @base
>> qemu-img.x86_64              2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14   @updates
>> qemu-kvm.x86_64              2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14   @updates
>> qemu-kvm-tools.x86_64        2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.14   @updates
>> virt-viewer.x86_64           0.5.6-8.el6_5.3             @updates
>> virt-what.x86_64             1.11-1.2.el6                @CentOS 6/6.5
>> ====
>>
>> Thanks for any help or insights!
>>
> 
> 




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