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** Changed in: qemu
Status: New => Incomplete
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no useful error message when tap device open fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584153
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Status in QEMU: Incomplete
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Debian: Fix Released
Bug description:
When using tap network devices and it fails, qemu gives no information about
what the problem is (permission denied, device busy or other), making debugging
of such situations, especially for newbies, very difficult. The proposed patch
just adds strerror() around the place, making it more friendly.
See also Debian bug#578154,
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578154 and a discussion on
qemu-devel at http://marc.info/?t=127192875200003 .
