[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#574241: virtinst: internal error Process exited while reading console log output

Tue Mar 16 23:27:34 UTC 2010

Package: virtinst
Version: 0.500.2-1
Severity: grave

When running virt-install, it always fails with this error message:

ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/5

I've tried with packages (libvirt0, libvirt-bin, kvm, qemu etc) both
from testing and unstable with the same result.

Output from virt-install --debug:

eckert:/srv/kvm_images# virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n lenny32 -r 512 --vcpus=2 --os-type=linux --os-variant=debianlenny --accelerate -l http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/ --disk lenny32.qcow2,size=10 --vnc --debug
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Launched with command line:
/usr/bin/virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n lenny32 -r 512 --vcpus=2 --os-type=linux --os-variant=debianlenny --accelerate -l http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/ --disk lenny32.qcow2,size=10 --vnc --debug
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Requesting libvirt URI qemu:///system
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Received libvirt URI qemu:///system
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Requesting virt method 'default', hv type 'default'.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Received virt method 'hvm'
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Hypervisor name is 'kvm'
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    parse_disk: returning {'sparse': True, 'format': None, 'bus': None, 'driverCache': None, 'readOnly': False, 'shareable': False, 'volInstall': None, 'volName': None, 'device': 'disk', 'path': 'lenny32.qcow2', 'conn': <libvirt.virConnect instance at 0x1974d40>, 'size': 10.0}
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Could not open "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/sysconfig/keyboard'
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    Didn't match keymap 'se' in keytable!
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:55 DEBUG    DistroInstaller location is a network source.

Starting install...
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    Attempting to detect distro:
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/.treeinfo
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/Fedora
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/Server
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/Client
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/RedHat
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/CentOS
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/SL
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    HTTP hasFile: didn't find http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/directory.yast
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    Fetching URI: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/MANIFEST
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-MANIFEST.Qkj8-R
Retrieving file MANIFEST. 100% |=========================| 1.5 kB    00:00     
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:56 DEBUG    Detected a Debian distro
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:57 DEBUG    Fetching URI: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/linux
Retrieving file linux...   93% |=======================  | 1.3 MB    00:00 ETA Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:59 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.tZUMIz
Retrieving file linux...  100% |=========================| 1.4 MB    00:01     
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:02:59 DEBUG    Fetching URI: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz
Retrieving file initrd.gz  98% |======================== | 5.6 MB    00:00 ETA Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:03:06 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.gz.1GiMY2
Retrieving file initrd.gz 100% |=========================| 5.7 MB    00:07     
Creating storage file len 100% |=========================|  10 GB    00:00     
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:03:06 DEBUG    Creating guest from:
<domain type='kvm'>
  <name>lenny32</name>
  <currentMemory>524288</currentMemory>
  <memory>524288</memory>
  <uuid>85fc588e-1ebc-c30a-be02-e71a4cc12f58</uuid>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>
    <kernel>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.tZUMIz</kernel>
    <initrd>/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.gz.1GiMY2</initrd>
    <cmdline>method=http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/</cmdline>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/><apic/><pae/>
  </features>
  <clock offset="utc"/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <vcpu>2</vcpu>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/var/autofs/misc/srv/kvm_images/lenny32.qcow2'/>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
    </disk>
    <interface type='network'>
      <source network='default'/>
      <mac address='52:54:00:86:6d:14'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
    </interface>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' keymap='en-us'/>
    <console type='pty'/>
  </devices>
</domain>

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:03:06 DEBUG    Removing /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.tZUMIz
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:03:06 DEBUG    Removing /var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-initrd.gz.1GiMY2
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:03:06 ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/5
qemu: could not load kernel '/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.tZUMIz': Permission denied

Domain installation may not have been
 successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
 by running 'virsh start lenny32'; otherwise, please
 restart your installation.
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:03:06 ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/5
qemu: could not load kernel '/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.tZUMIz': Permission denied
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 972, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 834, in main
    start_time, guest.start_install)
  File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 896, in do_install
    dom = install_func(conscb, progresscb, wait=(not wait))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/virtinst/Guest.py", line 795, in start_install
    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter, removeOld, wait)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/virtinst/Guest.py", line 896, in _do_install
    self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1147, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed', conn=self)
libvirtError: internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/5
qemu: could not load kernel '/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtinst-linux.tZUMIz': Permission denied

eckert:/srv/kvm_images#

/ Anders

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (40, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.10 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to sv_SE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages virtinst depends on:
ii  python                   2.5.4-9         An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-libvirt           0.7.7-1         libvirt Python bindings
ii  python-libxml2           2.7.6.dfsg-2+b1 Python bindings for the GNOME XML 
ii  python-support           1.0.6.1         automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-urlgrabber        3.1.0-5         A high-level cross-protocol url-gr

Versions of packages virtinst recommends:
ii  qemu                       0.12.3+dfsg-1 fast processor emulator
ii  virt-viewer                0.2.1-1       Displaying the graphical console o

virtinst suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information