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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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